Kings Norton Primary School, BIRMINGHAM

From the headteacher's welcome: "A very warm welcome to Kings Norton Primary School. A school I am hugely proud to be headteacher of. A school rich in history. A school with the community at its heart and the children at the centre of all we do. At Kings Norton, learning is exciting, enjoyable, relevant and engaging."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, basketball and dance.

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care until 6:00pm, from £5 per day.

Coming up: an open evening on Tuesday 24 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils at Kings Norton Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 60% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 76% in Birmingham and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 73% in reading and 71% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 51 families put Kings Norton Primary School as their first choice and 137 named it as one of their preferences, for 55 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Kings Norton Primary School are Broadmeadow Junior School (0.5 miles); St Paul's Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 81% reading, 77% maths); Cotteridge Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 76% reading, 88% maths); and Fairway Primary Academy (0.8 miles, Requires improvement, 79% reading, 72% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Kings Norton Primary School.

Kings Norton 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.

104 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Kings Norton Primary School (as of September 2025): 93% would recommend the school, 93% say their child is happy there and 79% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (94%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (79%).

In 2026, 71 pupils (17.3%) received SEN support and 6 (1.5%) 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 730 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Green (after), 40 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 239 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and vehicle crime. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Birmingham (435).

In 2024/25, Kings Norton Primary School issued 18 suspensions, 4.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Kings Norton Primary School are Ark Kings Academy (0.7 miles), St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School (0.8 miles), King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys (0.9 miles) and Kings Norton Girls' School (0.9 miles).