Christ Church CofE Controlled Primary School and Nursery
General Information
- Address: Claremont Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, B11 1LF – View on map
- Phone: 01216755121
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Ms Tracey Adams
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 19 families put it first for 22 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 8 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 110
- % eligible for free school meals: 61.5%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (less mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 45% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 42% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 18% moved to another school, 82% 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
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: 6.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 17.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 14.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Profound and multiple learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Ofsted report card June 2026
Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.
- Safeguarding Met
- Inclusion Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching Expected standard
- Achievement Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing Strong standard
- Early years Expected standard
- Leadership and governance Expected standard
Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Outstanding (2024). The report card above replaces that grade.
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 63% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 57% against an expected 60%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 57%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 77% · Writing 67% · Maths 73% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 77%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 103
- Based on: 30 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 146th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =146Abbey Catholic Primary School63%
- =146Beeches Primary School63%
- =146Christ Church CofE Controlled Primary School and Nursery63%
- =146Erdington Hall Primary School63%
- =146Gossey Lane Academy63%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,334 (2024-25)
28th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #26Tiverton Academy£8,367
- #27Grendon Primary School£8,336
- #28Christ Church CofE Controlled Primary School and Nursery£8,334
- #29St Cuthbert's RC Junior and Infant (NC) School£8,308
- #30Chivenor Primary School£8,293
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