Nelson Primary School
General Information
- Address: King Edward's Road, Ladywood, Birmingham, B1 2PJ – View on map
- Phone: 01214642201
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Claire Louise Forrest
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 46 families put it first for 58 places – 8 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 9 · 2024 8 · 2025 10 · 2026 8
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 194
- % eligible for free school meals: 46.4%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 89% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 8.7% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 29% moved to another school, 71% 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: 4.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 14.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 16.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 31 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 18 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 10 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 9 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 10 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 3 pupils
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: 72% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 7 percentage points above the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 70% against an expected 59%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 70%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 84% · Writing 78% · Maths 81% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 79%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 105
- 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 78th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =78Birchfield Primary School72%
- =78Chilwell Croft Academy72%
- =78Nelson Primary School72%
- =78Parkfield Community School72%
- =78St Bernard's Catholic Primary School72%
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95th of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #93Minworth Junior and Infant SchoolGood
- #94Nelson Mandela SchoolGood
- #95Nelson Primary SchoolGood
- #96New Hall Primary SchoolGood
- #97New Oscott Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,977 (2024-25)
51st of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #49Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery£8,008
- #50Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School (NC)£8,002
- #51Nelson Primary School£7,977
- #52Clifton Primary School£7,888
- #53Moseley Church of England Primary School£7,887
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