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E-ACT Nechells Academy

General Information

  • Address: Eliot Street, Nechells, Birmingham, B7 5LB – View on map
  • Phone: 01214642102
  • Website: Visit school website
  • Headteacher: Ms Kathy Mellor
  • Age range: 3-11 years
  • Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 17 families put it first for 17 places – 10 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 10 · 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
  • Intake: Mixed
  • Religious character: Does not apply
  • Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

184 pupils out of 236 places Plenty of room
  • Pupils eligible for free school meals: 124
  • % eligible for free school meals: 72.9%
  • Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Birmingham average)
  • English as an additional language: 59% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

  • Teacher turnover: 15% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
  • Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% 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: 4.6%
  • Persistently absent pupils: 9.8%
  • Data year: 2024/25

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

  • Pupils on SEN Support: 17.4%
  • Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.4%
  • Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

  • Moderate learning difficulty: 12 pupils
  • Speech, language and communications needs: 11 pupils
  • Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
  • Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
  • Vision impairment: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

  • Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
  • Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
  • Physical disability: 2 pupils
  • Multi-sensory impairment: 1 pupil
  • Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

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Educational Attainment

Ofsted report card December 2025

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 Needs attention
  • Achievement Needs attention
  • Attendance and behaviour Strong 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 Good (2021). The report card above replaces that grade.

Year 6 SATs results

  • Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 50% (England 62%)
  • Reached the higher standard: 4% (England 8%)
  • Compared with the area: 15 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%)
  • Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 32% against an expected 51%)
  • 3-year average (expected standard): 32%
  • Expected standard by subject: Reading 75% · Writing 75% · Maths 50% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 71%
  • Average test scores: reading 103, maths 99
  • Based on: 28 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

SATs results over time

2022/232023/242024/2526%20%50%
This schoolBirmingham averageEngland Improving Up 24 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 15 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%).

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Financials

Spending per pupil: £7,202 (2024-25)

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