Leigh Primary School, Birmingham

Ofsted's report card from its 3 February 2026 inspection grades Leigh Primary School 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.

Inclusion - Strong standard. "This is a highly inclusive school with ambition for all pupils."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders make decisions in the best interests of pupils, informed by the school's context."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "The school's personal development programme is carefully organised, so that pupils build their knowledge in a clear and connected way."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Most pupils achieve well in reading, writing and mathematics by the end of key stage 2."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Attendance has been historically low but has improved."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders understand the quality of the curriculum and teaching across the whole school."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders demonstrate secure knowledge of early years, informed by research evidence and careful monitoring of children's progress."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that attendance rates consistently improve for all groups of pupils"; "Leaders should ensure that the handwriting curriculum is implemented consistently across the whole school"; "Leaders should ensure that adults interact consistently well with children in the early years to support their learning".

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

Results were similar in 2024 (73% in reading, 76% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 29 families put Leigh Primary School as their first choice and 86 named it as one of their preferences, for 29 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 Leigh Primary School are Highfield Junior and Infant School (0.3 miles, Good, 69% reading, 79% maths); Nansen Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 79% reading, 68% maths); St Saviour's C of E Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 91% reading, 91% maths); and Ward End Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 83% reading, 87% maths).

Leigh Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Leigh Primary School is one of 7 schools run by Leigh Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 52% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

34 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Leigh Primary School (as of April 2026): 77% would recommend the school, 82% say their child is happy there and 63% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (88%); the weakest, that they are kept well informed about progress (59%).

53% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 96.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (73%) and other ethnic groups (6%).

In 2026, 110 pupils (28.6%) received SEN support and 5 (1.3%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

Leigh Primary School has a resourced provision for autism: 18 places, 13 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Adderley Park Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Warren Grove (opposite), 130 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Leigh 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 2024/25, Leigh Primary School issued 3 suspensions, 0.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Leigh Primary School are Rockwood Academy (0.5 miles); Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East (0.7 miles); Hodge Hill College (1.2 miles); and Erdington Academy (1.2 miles).