Brownmead Primary Academy
General Information
- Address: Pencroft Road, Shard End, Birmingham, B34 6SS – View on map
- Phone: 01216753102
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Wendy Cotterill-Carter
- Age range: 5-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 31 families put it first for 30 places – 10 for every 10 places. 84% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 8 · 2024 9 · 2025 12 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 167
- % eligible for free school meals: 62.3%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (similar to the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 27% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 21% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 39% moved to another school, 61% 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: 7.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 25.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 19.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.7%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 19 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 17 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 9 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2020 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 74% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 9 percentage points above the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 63% against an expected 53%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 63%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 97% · Writing 74% · Maths 97% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 94%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 107
- Based on: 31 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 64th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =53Water Mill Primary School75%
- =53Woodhouse Primary Academy75%
- =64Brownmead Primary Academy74%
- =64Chivenor Primary School74%
- =64Tiverton Academy74%
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38th of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #36Brookfields Primary SchoolGood
- #37Brookvale Primary SchoolGood
- #38Brownmead Primary AcademyGood
- #39Calshot Primary SchoolGood
- #40Canterbury Cross Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,060 (2024-25)
132nd of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #130Leigh Primary School£7,084
- #131St George's Church of England Academy, Newtown£7,073
- #132Brownmead Primary Academy£7,060
- #133Ark Tindal Primary Academy£7,033
- #134Twickenham Primary School£7,032
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