Nonsuch Primary School, Birmingham

Ofsted's report card from its 20 January 2026 inspection grades Nonsuch Primary School on 7 areas: 6 expected standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders are passionate about the importance of pupils attending school."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders plan a structured and rigorous curriculum that has clear sequences of learning."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children make a positive start in the early years."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Inclusion is at the heart of this school."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Passionate and caring leaders expertly evaluate the school and report with detail and intelligence."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have developed a well-considered personal development programme, rooted in their vision for pupils to build on school values such as compassion."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Some pupils, in some subjects, do not remember what they have been taught as they progress through the school."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• The school should ensure that effective teaching strategies are implemented consistently well so that pupils know more and remember more. • The school should ensure that leaders at all levels are provided with opportunities to collaborate in school improvement".

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils at Nonsuch Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 58% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 76% in Birmingham and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 71% in reading and 64% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 19 families put Nonsuch Primary School as their first choice and 33 named it as one of their preferences, for 19 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 Nonsuch Primary School are St Peter's Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles, 97% reading, 93% maths); World's End Infant and Nursery School (0.7 miles, Good); World's End Junior School (0.7 miles, Good, 67% reading, 71% maths); and Woodgate Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 56% reading, 49% maths).

Nonsuch Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

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

34 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Nonsuch Primary School (as of April 2026): 71% would recommend the school, 65% say their child is happy there and 25% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (71%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (25%).

60% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 39.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (36%), Black (24%) and Mixed (14%).

In 2026, 59 pupils (31.1%) received SEN support and 8 (4.2%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

Nonsuch Primary School had 12 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is University Rail Station, about 2.4 miles away in a straight line.

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Warstone Avenue (adjacent), 200 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Nonsuch 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 237 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, Nonsuch Primary School issued 14 suspensions, 7.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Nonsuch Primary School are Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre (0.5 miles), Bartley Green School (0.5 miles), Lift Four Dwellings Secondary (0.9 miles) and King Edward VI Five Ways School (0.9 miles).