Hawthorn Primary School
General Information
- Address: Hawthorn Road, Kingstanding, Birmingham, B44 8QR – View on map
- Phone: 01214643891
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Sam Abraham
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 22 families put it first for 25 places – 9 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 8 · 2024 10 · 2025 13 · 2026 9
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 126
- % eligible for free school meals: 61.5%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 39% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 8.2% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 76% moved to another school, 24% 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. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
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: 5.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 16.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for Hearing impairment
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 20.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 20 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 10 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 7 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Hearing impairment: 6 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 68% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 3 percentage points above the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 69% against an expected 50%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 69%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 90% · Writing 71% · Maths 90% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 87%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 106
- Based on: 31 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 109th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =109Cotteridge Primary School68%
- =109Green Meadow Primary School68%
- =109Hawthorn Primary School68%
- =109Merritts Brook Primary E-ACT Academy68%
- =109William Murdoch Primary School68%
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64th of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #62Grove SchoolGood
- #63Guardian Angels Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #64Hawthorn Primary SchoolGood
- #65Heathfield Primary SchoolGood
- #66Heathlands Primary AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £9,142 (2024-25)
12th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #10Sundridge Primary School£9,165
- #11Sutton Park Primary£9,162
- #12Hawthorn Primary School£9,142
- #13St Anne's Catholic Primary School£9,130
- #14Blakesley Hall Primary School£9,103
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