Yardley Wood Community Primary School, Birmingham

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils at Yardley Wood Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 48% 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 (62% in reading, 60% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 43 families put Yardley Wood Community Primary School as their first choice and 100 named it as one of their preferences, for 48 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 Yardley Wood Community Primary School are Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles, Outstanding, 93% reading, 86% maths); Highters Heath Community School (0.5 miles, 73% reading, 77% maths); Billesley Primary School (0.7 miles, Outstanding, 83% reading, 84% maths); and Peterbrook Primary School (0.7 miles).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Yardley Wood Community Primary School.

59.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 43% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (33%), White British (33%) and Mixed (12%).

In 2026, 90 pupils (20.4%) received SEN support and 12 (2.7%) 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.

Yardley Wood Community Primary School had 27 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Yardley Wood Rail Station, about 730 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Chilton Road (adjacent), 120 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Yardley Wood 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 233 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and shoplifting. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Birmingham (435).

In 2024/25, Yardley Wood Community Primary School issued 14 suspensions, 3.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Yardley Wood Community Primary School are Christ Church, Church of England Secondary Academy (0.2 miles); Kings Heath Secondary School (1 mile); and Swanshurst School (1.2 miles).