Cofton Primary School
General Information
- Address: Wootton Road, West Heath, Birmingham, B31 4ST – View on map
- Phone: 01214753374
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Deborah Dudt
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 68 families put it first for 60 places – 11 for every 10 places. 82% of them were offered a place. 1 of the 60 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 13 · 2025 9 · 2026 11
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 126
- % eligible for free school meals: 30.9%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (less mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 5% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 13.1% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 58% moved to another school, 42% 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: 4.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 8.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 19.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 25 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 24 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 16 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
- Vision impairment: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
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: 60% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 5 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 55% against an expected 62%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 55%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 72% · Writing 74% · Maths 78% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 74%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 105
- Based on: 58 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 171st of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =163Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School (NC)61%
- =171Chandos Primary School60%
- =171Cofton Primary School60%
- =171Elms Farm Community Primary School60%
- =171Nelson Mandela School60%
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46th of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #44City Road Primary SchoolGood
- #45Clifton Primary SchoolGood
- #46Cofton Primary SchoolGood
- #47Colebourne Primary SchoolGood
- #48Colmers Farm Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,708 (2024-25)
169th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #167Oasis Academy Hobmoor£6,747
- #168The Olive School, Small Heath£6,716
- #169Cofton Primary School£6,708
- #170Northfield Manor Primary Academy£6,696
- #171Merritts Brook Primary E-ACT Academy£6,694
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