Welsh House Farm Community School and Special Needs Resources Base, Birmingham

From the headteacher's welcome: "At Welsh House Farm Community School and Resource Base we provide a safe, nurturing, stimulating and friendly environment in which every child has the opportunity to 'grow and flourish!' Our broad and balanced curriculum has been designed with our pupils needs in mind."

In 2025, 44% of Year 6 pupils at Welsh House Farm Community School and Special Needs Resources Base reached the expected standard in reading and 44% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 76% in Birmingham and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 60% in reading and 57% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 26 families put Welsh House Farm Community School and Special Needs Resources Base as their first choice and 41 named it as one of their preferences, for 29 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 Welsh House Farm Community School and Special Needs Resources Base are World's End Junior School (0.6 miles, Good, 67% reading, 71% maths); World's End Infant and Nursery School (0.6 miles, Good); Woodhouse Primary Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 81% reading, 80% maths); and Paganel Primary School (0.6 miles, 69% reading, 71% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Welsh House Farm Community School and Special Needs Resources Base.

77.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 57.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (27%), other ethnic groups (19%) and White British (18%).

In 2026, 33 pupils (15.6%) received SEN support and 14 (6.6%) 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.

Welsh House Farm Community School and Special Needs Resources Base has a resourced provision for other difficulties or disabilities: 12 places, 12 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is University Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Welsh House Farm Road (before), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Welsh House Farm Community School and Special Needs Resources Base 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 241 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, vehicle crime and shoplifting. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Birmingham (435).

In 2024/25, Welsh House Farm Community School and Special Needs Resources Base issued 7 suspensions, 3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Welsh House Farm Community School and Special Needs Resources Base are Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre (0.6 miles) and Lift Four Dwellings Secondary (1.3 miles).