Kings Norton Primary School
General Information
- Address: Pershore Road South, Kings Norton, BIRMINGHAM, B30 3EU – View on map
- Phone: 01214642606
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Mark Sheehan
- Age range: 5-11 years
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 131
- % eligible for free school meals: 32.0%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (less mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 13% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 16.9% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 23% moved to another school, 77% 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: 4.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 13.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 30 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 18 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Profound and multiple learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2025 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 59% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 5% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 6 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 60% against an expected 60%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 60%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 74% · Writing 74% · Maths 60% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 72%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 101
- Based on: 58 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 180th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =180Alston Primary School59%
- =180Barford Primary School59%
- =180Kings Norton Primary School59%
- =180Redhill Primary School59%
- =180Tame Valley Academy59%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,398 (2024-25)
196th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #194St George's Church of England Primary School£6,417
- #195Maney Hill Primary School£6,412
- #196Kings Norton Primary School£6,398
- #197Greenholm Primary School£6,397
- #198Yenton Primary School£6,378
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