Nelson Mandela School
General Information
- Address: Colville Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, B12 8EH – View on map
- Phone: 01217723055
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Ms Amy Lassman
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 47 families put it first for 52 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 11 · 2024 12 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 217
- % eligible for free school meals: 53.7%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (less mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 69% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 15.4% 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: 7.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 19.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for Physical disability 6 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: 19.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 49 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 11 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 9 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Physical disability: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 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: 60% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 2% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 5 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 60% against an expected 58%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 60%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 69% · Writing 72% · Maths 79% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 84%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 106
- 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 171st of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =171Cofton Primary School60%
- =171Elms Farm Community Primary School60%
- =171Nelson Mandela School60%
- =171St Joseph's Catholic Primary School60%
- =171St Mark's Catholic Primary School60%
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94th of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #92Merritts Brook Primary E-ACT AcademyGood
- #93Minworth Junior and Infant SchoolGood
- #94Nelson Mandela SchoolGood
- #95Nelson Primary SchoolGood
- #96New Hall Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,165 (2024-25)
40th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #38Pegasus Primary School£8,183
- #39Gossey Lane Academy£8,167
- #40Nelson Mandela School£8,165
- #41St Saviour's C of E Primary School£8,061
- #42Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School£8,060
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