Harborne Primary School, Birmingham
Harborne Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Birmingham, part of The Elliot Foundation Academies Trust.
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Birmingham (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Harborne Primary School in detail
Harborne Primary School in its own words
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include choir and art.
The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care.
Clubs (school website)Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
Harborne Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 132261), 84% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 80% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
Getting a place at Harborne Primary School
Across Birmingham, 92% 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 Birmingham lodged 296 appeals against primary school offers; 179 reached a hearing and 14 succeeded (7.8% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Harborne Primary School are Harborne Primary School (under 0.1 miles, Outstanding, 84% reading, 80% maths); St Mary's Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles, Good, 95% reading, 90% maths); St Peters CofE Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 80% reading, 85% maths); and Chad Vale Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 85% reading, 93% maths).
Harborne Primary SchoolSt Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolSt Peters CofE Primary SchoolChad Vale Primary School
The trust
Harborne Primary School is one of 37 schools run by The Elliot Foundation Academies Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is University Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
19 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Greenfield Road (adjacent), 150 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Harborne Primary School are Harborne Academy (0.6 miles), King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls (0.8 miles) and Lordswood Boys' School (1 mile).
Harborne AcademyKing Edward VI Lordswood School for GirlsLordswood Boys' School
Sources: DfE school performance data; GIAS establishment links; DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Harborne Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in September 2026. Before that, as Harborne Primary School (URN 132261), it was rated Outstanding in December 2014. See Harborne Primary School's inspections
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Results at Harborne Primary School before it became an academy in 2026 (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25Published under the school's previous registration (URN 132261). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 92% to 84% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 85% to 80% (2024 to 2025). Writing has declined from 83% to 76% (2024 to 2025).
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Social & online
Keep up with Harborne Primary School
Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Harborne Primary School.
- Fun Fest HarborneAt the school · Not yet graded
- EINSTEIN11PLUS Childcare330m away · Not yet graded
- School's Out340m away · Not yet graded
- The Strings Club - Harborne Holiday Camp (St Peter's CE School)650m away · Not yet graded
- Super Sports Birmingham880m away · Not yet graded
Term dates
Harborne Primary School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Birmingham's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Harborne Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Harborne Primary School is in Birmingham; for families living there:
- How to apply: Travel passes for 5 to 16 year olds
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 54
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 8
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 54 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 8 serious and 45 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot.
8 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Birmingham is 41 (the median across 517 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
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- Key dates for September 2027 entry and how to apply.
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Applications and offers at Harborne Primary School before it became an academy in 2026
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 132261). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 96 | 83 | 271 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2025 | 120 | 131 | 320 | 1.1 | 11 |
| 2024 | 120 | 165 | 399 | 1.4 | 46 |
| 2023 | 120 | 151 | 350 | 1.3 | 32 |
| 2022 | 120 | 134 | 415 | 1.1 | 16 |
| 2021 | 119 | 157 | 426 | 1.3 | 39 |
| 2020 | 118 | 151 | 421 | 1.3 | 41 |
| 2019 | 119 | 144 | 371 | 1.2 | 28 |
| 2018 | 120 | 158 | 428 | 1.3 | 48 |
| 2017 | 90 | 196 | 449 | 2.2 | 112 |
| 2016 | 90 | 178 | 385 | 2.0 | 90 |
| 2015 | 90 | 143 | 339 | 1.6 | 54 |
| 2014 | 90 | 138 | 325 | 1.5 | 51 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.
Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Birmingham
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Birmingham
Across Birmingham council
Places available
15,375
Applications
12,117
Got 1st preference
92.1%
Got preferred school
99.0%
All primary applications across Birmingham council (2026/27), not just this school.
Absence at Harborne Primary School before it became an academy in 20262024/25
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 132261). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
5.4%
Overall absence
13.9%
Persistent absence
740
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Harborne Primary School
Questions parents ask about Harborne Primary School
Are there exam results for Harborne Primary School?
Harborne Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 132261), 84% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 80% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
What is Harborne Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Harborne Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in September 2026. Before that, as Harborne Primary School (URN 132261), it was rated Outstanding in December 2014.
What is the catchment area for Harborne Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Harborne Primary School is oversubscribed, Birmingham allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How do I apply to Harborne Primary School?
Apply through Birmingham's coordinated admissions process, naming Harborne Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does Harborne Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club at the school: Fun Fest Harborne (registered, not yet graded). There are 4 more within a kilometre. The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.
How many road collisions happen near Harborne Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 54 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 8 serious and 45 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot. 8 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Birmingham is 41 (the median across 517 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Harborne Primary School?
Harborne Primary School is at Station Road, Harborne, Birmingham, West Midlands, B17 9LU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)