Regents Park Community Primary School, Birmingham

Ofsted's report card from its 14 April 2026 inspection grades Regents Park Community Primary School on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Typically, pupils achieve well and are well prepared for their next stage of education."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have worked hard to create a culture where pupils want to come to school."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders ensure that the curriculum is well sequenced and generally taught well."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders have made significant improvements to the early years curriculum."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders place inclusion at the heart of the school's work."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders are committed to this school and want it to be the best it can be for all its pupils."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders prioritise preparing pupils to play a positive role in their community and in wider society."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should strengthen the use of assessment to identify gaps in learning, including for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, so that teaching is adapted effectively and all pupils are supported to achieve highly"; "Leaders should strengthen the development of pupils' foundational skills, including handwriting, so that consistent practice and precise modelling help pupils build fluency and accuracy over time"; "Leaders should ensure that all staff have the expertise to reflect on and evaluate the impact of their actions so that school improvement is sustained over time".

From the headteacher's welcome: "It is a privilege to welcome you to Regents Park Community Primary School. As Headteacher, I am proud to lead our school into an exciting new chapter, building on its strong foundations while raising expectations even further."

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils at Regents Park Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 84% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 76% in Birmingham and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 77% in reading and 76% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 34 families put Regents Park Community Primary School as their first choice and 71 named it as one of their preferences, for 38 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 Regents Park Community Primary School are Bordesley Village Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 98% reading, 93% maths); St Anne's Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 97% reading, 90% maths); Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School (0.5 miles, Good, 71% reading, 57% maths); and Wyndcliffe Primary School (0.5 miles, Outstanding, 63% reading, 58% maths).

Regents Park Community Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

74.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 83.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (53%), Black (24%) and other ethnic groups (14%).

In 2026, 101 pupils (25.4%) 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.

Regents Park Community Primary School had 27 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Bordesley Rail Station, about 540 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Coventry Road (opposite), 120 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Regents Park Community 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 674 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, vehicle crime and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Birmingham (435), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Regents Park Community Primary School issued 2 suspensions, 0.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Regents Park Community Primary School are Holy Trinity Catholic School (0.4 miles), Small Heath Leadership Academy (0.5 miles), Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form (0.9 miles) and Ark St Alban's Academy (0.9 miles).