Flax Hill Junior Academy, Tamworth

Ofsted's report card from its 6 January 2026 inspection grades Flax Hill Junior Academy on 6 areas: 1 strong standard, 4 expected standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Pupils' personal development is integral to the school's vision and practice."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Over time, pupils, including those who are disadvantaged, those who have special educational needs and/or disabilities or those who are known to social care, make successful progress through the curriculum."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Pupils attend school regularly and in line with what is typical nationally."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have created an inclusive culture where all pupils feel welcome and valued."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders and governors have an accurate understanding of the school's strengths and what they need to develop further."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Leaders recognise that there are inconsistencies in the quality of the curriculum and the teaching of it."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• Leaders should ensure that teachers use assessment precisely to plan learning that builds on pupils' starting points so that all pupils make sustained progress through the curriculum. • Leaders should ensure that pupils who struggle with foundational skills in spelling, handwriting and basic mathematics are helped to catch up quickly. • Leaders should sharpen their evaluation of the effectiveness of the school's work so that they identify priorities that are specific and actionable to achieve more rapid improvement in the curriculum and the teaching of it".

In its own words: "At Flax Hill Junior Academy, in accordance with The Department for Education, we aim to actively promote fundamental British values to ensure our pupils leave school prepared for life in modern Britain and ready to have a positive influence in our rich and diverse society."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:45am and after-school care until 5:15pm.

In 2025, 84% of Year 6 pupils at Flax Hill Junior Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 81% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 79% and 77% in Staffordshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 72% in reading and 73% in maths in 2024.

Across Staffordshire, 95% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Staffordshire lodged 86 appeals against primary school offers; 53 reached a hearing and 8 succeeded (15.1% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to Flax Hill Junior Academy are Ashcroft Infants' School (0.2 miles, Good); Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy (0.5 miles, Good); St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles); and St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 54% reading, 58% maths).

Flax Hill Junior Academy is one of 3 schools run by Mercia Primary Academy Trust, an academy trust.

100 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Flax Hill Junior Academy (as of April 2026): 87% would recommend the school, 88% say their child is happy there and 38% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (88%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (38%).

5.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Tamworth Rail Station, about 1070 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).

16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Flaxhill School (adjacent), 80 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 130 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Staffordshire (86), as is usual near a town centre.

Flax Hill Junior Academy recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to Flax Hill Junior Academy are Landau Forte Academy, QEMS (0.3 miles); and Lift Rawlett (0.6 miles).