Fairway Primary Academy
General Information
- Address: Muirfield Gardens, Kings Norton, Birmingham, B38 8XQ – View on map
- Phone: 01214643200
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Hayley Byrne
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 12 families put it first for 12 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 9 · 2024 8 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 88
- % eligible for free school meals: 53.7%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (less mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 6% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 21.3% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 25% moved to another school, 75% 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: 5.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 12.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 18.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.7%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 15 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Requires improvement 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 69% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 4 percentage points above the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 57% against an expected 55%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 57%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 79% · Writing 72% · Maths 72% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 83%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 102
- Based on: 29 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 100th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =100Ark Kings Academy69%
- =100City Road Primary School69%
- =100Fairway Primary Academy69%
- =100Heath Mount Primary School69%
- =100Holy Family Catholic Primary School69%
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View full Ofsted inspection report
192nd of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #190Allens Croft Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #191Chandos Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #192Fairway Primary AcademyRequires improvement
- #193Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #194Summerfield Primary SchoolRequires improvement
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,847 (2024-25)
55th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #53Moseley Church of England Primary School£7,887
- #54James Watt Primary School£7,854
- #55Fairway Primary Academy£7,847
- #56St Margaret Mary RC Junior and Infant School£7,817
- #57Calshot Primary School£7,799
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