Hawkesley Church Primary Academy, Birmingham

Ofsted's report card from its 13 January 2026 inspection grades Hawkesley Church Primary Academy on 7 areas: 3 strong standard and 4 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders have transformed pupils' attendance."

Early years - Strong standard. "Children settle quickly because adults establish routines from the start and build secure relationships."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have designed the personal development offer with care."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Overall, pupils achieve outcomes in external tests that are broadly in line with national averages."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The curriculum is coherent, ambitious and regularly reviewed to bring about further improvement."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "A highly positive culture of care underpins the school's approach to inclusion."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders provide a stable platform for improvement and act with clear moral purpose."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• Leaders should identify precise starting points for all pupils and address gaps in foundational knowledge consistently so that progress accelerates. • Leaders should consistently review the learning and progress of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and the impact of teachers' adaptations so that any gaps in their knowledge close swiftly and securely. • Leaders should evaluate the strategies they use to identify and act on priorities quickly so that each aspect of the school's work is of consistently high quality".

In 2025, 81% of Year 6 pupils at Hawkesley Church Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 85% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 76% in Birmingham and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 60% in reading and 60% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 18 families put Hawkesley Church Primary Academy as their first choice and 35 named it as one of their preferences, for 18 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Hawkesley Church Primary Academy are St Paul's Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 81% reading, 77% maths); Fairway Primary Academy (0.8 miles, Requires improvement, 79% reading, 72% maths); West Heath Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 79% reading, 71% maths); and St John Fisher Catholic Primary School (0.9 miles, 87% reading, 80% maths).

Hawkesley Church Primary Academy's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Hawkesley Church Primary Academy is one of 19 schools run by Birmingham Diocesan Multi-Academy Trust, an academy trust.

29 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Hawkesley Church Primary Academy (as of April 2026): 83% would recommend the school, 93% say their child is happy there and 33% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (93%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (33%).

66.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 52 pupils (23.7%) received SEN support and 9 (4.1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a moderate learning difficulty.

The nearest railway station is Kings Norton Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hawkesley Square (adjacent), 110 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Hawkesley Church Primary Academy stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 198 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, vehicle crime and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Birmingham (435).

In 2024/25, Hawkesley Church Primary Academy issued 18 suspensions, 7.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Hawkesley Church Primary Academy are Ark Kings Academy (0.4 miles) and St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School (1.2 miles).