Barford Primary School
General Information
- Address: Barford Road, Ladywood, Birmingham, B16 0EF – View on map
- Phone: 01214643765
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Joanne Davies
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 14 families put it first for 17 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 17 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 8
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 217
- % eligible for free school meals: 61.0%
- Pupil mix: 9 in 10 (more mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 42% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 42.9% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 34% moved to another school, 66% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Birmingham: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 21 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 2
- Suspensions for bullying: 38 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 4 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Birmingham, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 6.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 21.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.7%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 33 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 27 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 59% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 8% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 6 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 60% against an expected 61%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 60%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 69% · Writing 68% · Maths 69% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 59%
- Average test scores: reading 101, maths 102
- Based on: 59 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 180th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =171Yardley Primary School60%
- =180Alston Primary School59%
- =180Barford Primary School59%
- =180Kings Norton Primary School59%
- =180Redhill Primary School59%
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27th of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #25Aston Tower Community Primary SchoolGood
- #26Audley Primary SchoolGood
- #27Barford Primary SchoolGood
- #28Barr View Primary & Nursery AcademyGood
- #29Beeches Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,110 (2024-25)
126th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #124Hillstone Primary School£7,126
- #125Albert Bradbeer Primary Academy£7,112
- #126Barford Primary School£7,110
- #127St Thomas Church of England Primary School£7,105
- #128Stechford Primary School£7,092
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