James Watt Primary School
General Information
- Address: Boulton Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 0RE – View on map
- Phone: 01214644736
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Wright
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 36 families put it first for 38 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 38 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 204
- % eligible for free school meals: 53.0%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 65% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 23.5% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 26% moved to another school, 74% 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: 6.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 19.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 15.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.7%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 41 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 15 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2015 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 54% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 11 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 54% against an expected 57%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 54%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 71% · Writing 77% · Maths 66% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 77%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 102
- Based on: 56 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
- =212Bournville School54%
- =212Conway Primary School54%
- =212James Watt Primary School54%
- =212St Thomas Church of England Primary School54%
- =216Grove School53%
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75th of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #73Holy Souls Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #74Holy Trinity CE Primary Academy (Handsworth)Good
- #75James Watt Primary SchoolGood
- #76Jervoise SchoolGood
- #77Kings Heath Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,854 (2024-25)
54th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #52Clifton Primary School£7,888
- #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
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