Leigh Primary School
General Information
- Address: Leigh Road, Washwood Heath, Birmingham, B8 2YH – View on map
- Phone: 01214642621
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Alison Williams
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 29 families put it first for 29 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 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 202
- % eligible for free school meals: 53.3%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (less mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 96% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 28.4% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 18% moved to another school, 82% 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: 18.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for Autism 18 places · 7 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 28.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 49 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 15 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 15 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 8 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 6 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Ofsted report card February 2026
Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.
- Safeguarding Met
- Inclusion Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching Expected standard
- Achievement Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing Strong standard
- Early years Expected standard
- Leadership and governance Strong 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: 63% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 5% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 58% against an expected 63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 58%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 74% · Writing 72% · Maths 75% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 74%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 104
- Based on: 57 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 146th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =146Gossey Lane Academy63%
- =146Kings Rise Academy63%
- =146Leigh Primary School63%
- =146Mapledene Primary School63%
- =146Minworth Junior and Infant School63%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,084 (2024-25)
130th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #128Stechford Primary School£7,092
- #129Tame Valley Academy£7,087
- #130Leigh Primary School£7,084
- #131St George's Church of England Academy, Newtown£7,073
- #132Brownmead Primary Academy£7,060
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