World's End Junior School, Birmingham
World's End Junior School is a primary school for pupils aged 7 to 11 in Birmingham. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in January 2013. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in July 2023 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 214th-highest of the 275 schools in Birmingham with published results, and 10,716th of 14,452 across England. It was 98% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Below England average
- Ofsted
- Good (2013)
- Capacity
- 98% full
- Attendance
- In line with England
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
World's End Junior School in detail
World's End Junior School in its own words
In its own words: "We have high aspirations and expectations for every child to leave World’s End Junior School with the knowledge, skills and experiences to make positive life choices, to build healthy relationships and to find their place in the world as happy and successful citizens."
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include dance, cooking, gardening and art.
Vision and values (school website)Clubs (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils at World's End Junior School reached the expected standard in reading and 71% 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 (67% in reading, 66% in maths).
Getting a place at World's End Junior School
Across Birmingham, 92% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Birmingham lodged 296 appeals against primary school offers; 179 reached a hearing and 14 succeeded (7.8% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to World's End Junior School are World's End Infant and Nursery School (under 0.1 miles, Good); Woodhouse Primary Academy (0.4 miles, Good, 81% reading, 80% maths); Welsh House Farm Community School and Special Needs Resources Base (0.6 miles, Good, 44% reading, 44% maths); and Lift Four Dwellings Primary (0.6 miles, Good, 84% reading, 85% maths).
World's End Junior School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.
World's End Infant and Nursery SchoolWoodhouse Primary AcademyWelsh House Farm Community School and Special Needs Resources BaseLift Four Dwellings Primary
Who goes there
57.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 36.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
The largest ethnic groups are White British (29%), Black (21%) and Asian (19%).
In 2026, 89 pupils (25.2%) received SEN support and 9 (2.5%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.
World's End Junior School has a resourced provision for visual impairment: 11 places, 10 pupils on roll.
Staffing
World's End Junior School had 5 teachers in 2026, one for every 71 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is University Rail Station, about 2.1 miles away in a straight line.
18 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Overdale Road (after), 130 metres away.
The area around the school
In August 2026, police recorded 271 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and vehicle crime. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Birmingham (435).
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, World's End Junior School issued 3 suspensions, 0.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to World's End Junior School are Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre (0.6 miles), Lift Four Dwellings Secondary (0.7 miles) and Bartley Green School (1.3 miles).
Hillcrest School and Sixth Form CentreLift Four Dwellings SecondaryBartley Green School
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; DfE school workforce census; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 3 years agoThis judgement is from January 2013, 13 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Latest (ungraded) inspection: The school remains Good.
Ofsted Insights
From Ofsted's July 2023 inspection report.
What This School Does Well
This is a nurturing school where pupils love learning - from coding in Year 3 to problem-solving in Year 6. Teachers know their pupils well and create calm, purposeful classrooms where everyone, including pupils with special needs, can do their best. The school offers wonderful enrichment opportunities including music concerts, drama, and theatre visits that build pupils' confidence and skills.
Key Strengths
- Well-designed curriculum with carefully ordered knowledge that helps pupils build understanding over time
- Excellent reading development programme with matched phonics support for pupils who need extra help
- Strong pastoral care and emotional support for all pupils, including those with SEND
- High-quality professional development for staff and high staff morale
- Impressive range of enrichment activities and broader development opportunities
Areas for Improvement
- Some pupils lack communication skills to talk about their learning and make links between subjects, which affects their achievement
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective, with proper staff checks, regular training, swift responses to concerns, and curriculum teaching pupils to recognise unsafe situations and protect themselves online.
Extracurricular Activities
Music concerts, drama, choir, gardening club, junior leadership team roles, theatre company visits
World's End Junior School continues to be a good school where pupils are enthusiastic about their learning and benefit from a broad, ambitious curriculum with strong foundations in mathematics, reading and writing.
At a Glance
57.8%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
Resourced provision: Vision
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 67% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 66% to 71% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 73% to 77% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
29.5
Avg class size
29.5
KS2
11
Total classes
2 classes with more than 30 pupils
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with World's End Junior School
Before and after school care
World's End Junior School is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school. Source: Free breakfast clubs: schools on the programme, Department for Education Free breakfast clubs in Birmingham
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near World's End Junior School.
- Holiday Sports Camp590m away · Not yet graded
- Premier Education Four Dwellings Wraparound Care840m away · Not yet graded
Term dates
World's End Junior School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Birmingham. Training (INSET) days, when pupils are not in school, vary by school: check the school's own calendar.
2026 to 2027
- Autumn term: Tuesday 1 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026)
- Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027)
- Summer term: Monday 12 April to Wednesday 21 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027)
2027 to 2028
- Autumn term: Thursday 2 September to Friday 17 December 2027 (half term Monday 25 October to Friday 29 October 2027)
- Spring term: Tuesday 4 January to Friday 7 April 2028 (half term Monday 14 February to Friday 18 February 2028)
- Summer term: Monday 24 April to Friday 21 July 2028 (half term Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028)
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to World's End Junior School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. World's End Junior School is in Birmingham; for families living there:
- How to apply: Travel passes for 5 to 16 year olds
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 20
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 11
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 20 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 18 slight.
11 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 on foot and 7 in a vehicle or otherwise.
7 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Birmingham is 41 (the median across 517 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
98%
Near capacity
353 pupils
360 places
7 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Birmingham
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Birmingham
Across Birmingham council
Places available
15,375
Applications
12,117
Got 1st preference
92.1%
Got preferred school
99.0%
All primary applications across Birmingham council (2026/27), not just this school.
Inspection History(6)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
89
SEN Support
9
EHC Plans
27.8%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
World's End Junior School has a resourced provision for visual impairment: 11 places, 10 pupils on roll.
Source: GIAS, Department for Education.
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
353
Total Pupils
183
Boys
170
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
5
Teachers
70.6:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£42,255
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£6,017
Per pupil
£2541k
Total funding
£282k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
5.7%
Overall absence
16.1%
Persistent absence
372
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
World's End Junior School
Questions parents ask about World's End Junior School
What are SATs results like at World's End Junior School?
Of the pupils at World's End Junior School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 67% reached the expected standard in reading and 71% did so in maths.
What is World's End Junior School's Ofsted rating?
World's End Junior School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in July 2023, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in January 2013, it was rated Good.
What is the catchment area for World's End Junior School?
No fixed boundary. When World's End Junior School is oversubscribed, Birmingham allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at World's End Junior School?
World's End Junior School was close to full in 2025, at 98% of its capacity.
How big are the classes at World's End Junior School?
Classes at World's End Junior School average 29.5 pupils (2025/26). 2 classes have more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.
How many pupils go to World's End Junior School?
World's End Junior School has around 353 pupils on roll. 58% are eligible for free school meals.
Does World's End Junior School have specialist SEN provision?
World's End Junior School has a resourced provision for visual impairment: 11 places, 10 pupils on roll.
What is attendance like at World's End Junior School?
5.7% of sessions were missed at World's End Junior School in 2024/25. 16.1% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to World's End Junior School?
Apply through Birmingham's coordinated admissions process, naming World's End Junior School on your application. The national closing date in England is 31 October for secondary places and 15 January for primary places, in the year before your child starts.
Does World's End Junior School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
World's End Junior School is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school. Ofsted's childcare register lists 2 out-of-school clubs within a kilometre of World's End Junior School: Holiday Sports Camp (590m away, registered, not yet graded) and Premier Education Four Dwellings Wraparound Care (840m away, registered, not yet graded).
What are World's End Junior School's term dates?
World's End Junior School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Birmingham. In 2026 to 2027: Autumn term: Tuesday 1 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026); Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027); Summer term: Monday 12 April to Wednesday 21 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027). In 2027 to 2028: Autumn term: Thursday 2 September to Friday 17 December 2027 (half term Monday 25 October to Friday 29 October 2027); Spring term: Tuesday 4 January to Friday 7 April 2028 (half term Monday 14 February to Friday 18 February 2028); Summer term: Monday 24 April to Friday 21 July 2028 (half term Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028).
How many road collisions happen near World's End Junior School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 20 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 18 slight. 11 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 on foot and 7 in a vehicle or otherwise. 7 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Birmingham is 41 (the median across 517 schools, same distance and years).
Where is World's End Junior School?
World's End Junior School is at Worlds End Lane, Quinton, Birmingham, West Midlands, B32 2SA.
Sources: Birmingham term dates; Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)