Conway Primary School
General Information
- Address: Conway Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, B11 1NS – View on map
- Phone: 01216750622
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Carl Rose
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 246
- % eligible for free school meals: 69.5%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (similar to the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 66% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 18.5% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 42% moved to another school, 58% 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: 6.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 18.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 28 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 24 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 54% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 11 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 49% against an expected 56%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 49%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 61% · Writing 64% · Maths 69% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 57%
- Average test scores: reading 101, maths 102
- Based on: 61 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 212th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =207Star King Solomon Academy55%
- =212Bournville School54%
- =212Conway Primary School54%
- =212James Watt Primary School54%
- =212St Thomas Church of England Primary School54%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,805 (2024-25)
157th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #155Marlborough Primary School£6,820
- #156St Alban's Catholic Primary School£6,815
- #157Conway Primary School£6,805
- #158Story Wood School£6,803
- #159Mansfield Green E-ACT Academy£6,796
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