Heathfield Primary School, Birmingham

From the headteacher's welcome: "We are very proud to share it with you and hope it gives you an insight into what we are all about at Heathfield. We have just under five hundred children on roll and we take the responsibility of preparing them for the next stage of their education extremely seriously."

The school runs after-school care.

In 2025, 90% of Year 6 pupils at Heathfield Primary School 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 78% in reading and 87% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 64 families put Heathfield Primary School as their first choice and 184 named it as one of their preferences, for 60 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 5 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Heathfield Primary School are Westminster Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 76% reading, 76% maths); St Clare's Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles); Sacred Heart Catholic School (0.4 miles, Requires improvement, 79% reading, 63% maths); and Anglesey Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 86% reading, 80% maths).

Heathfield Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

Heathfield Primary School is one of 7 schools run by Pa Community Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

55.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 60.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (79%), Black (12%) and Mixed (5%).

Heathfield Primary School has a resourced provision for autism: 25 places, 15 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Perry Barr Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Heathfield Primary School (adjacent), 60 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Heathfield Primary School 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 843 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and vehicle crime. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Birmingham (435), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Heathfield Primary School issued 5 suspensions, 1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Heathfield Primary School are Holte School (0.5 miles), King Edward VI Handsworth School (0.6 miles), Nishkam High School (0.7 miles) and Broadway Academy (0.7 miles).