Colmers Farm Primary School
General Information
- Address: Leybrook Road, Rubery, Birmingham, B45 9PB – View on map
- Phone: 01217160444
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr David Williams
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 50 families put it first for 59 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 59 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 227
- % eligible for free school meals: 56.3%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (less mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 12% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 24.3% 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: 7.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 22.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 24.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 30 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 22 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 16 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 14 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 10 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 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: 70% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 5 percentage points above the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 58% against an expected 54%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 58%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 77% · Writing 77% · Maths 77% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 81%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 106
- Based on: 57 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 92nd of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =86Walmley Junior School71%
- =92Audley Primary School70%
- =92Colmers Farm Primary School70%
- =92Gilbertstone Primary School70%
- =92Moor Green Primary Academy70%
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48th of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #46Cofton Primary SchoolGood
- #47Colebourne Primary SchoolGood
- #48Colmers Farm Primary SchoolGood
- #49Coppice Primary SchoolGood
- #50Cotteridge Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,418 (2024-25)
193rd of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #191City Road Primary School£6,458
- #192Coppice Primary School£6,450
- #193Colmers Farm Primary School£6,418
- #194St George's Church of England Primary School£6,417
- #195Maney Hill Primary School£6,412
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