Northfield Manor Primary Academy
General Information
- Address: Swarthmore Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 4JT – View on map
- Phone: 01215940898
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Tom Hull
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 57 families put it first for 60 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 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 178
- % eligible for free school meals: 47.7%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 33% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 12.7% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 72% moved to another school, 28% 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: 5.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 12.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 16.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 17 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 16 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 15 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Ofsted report card April 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 Strong standard
- Achievement Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing Strong standard
- Early years Strong 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: 75% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 17% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 10 percentage points above the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 71% against an expected 63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 71%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 82% · Writing 80% · Maths 92% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 78%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 109
- Based on: 60 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 53rd of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =53Hall Green Junior School75%
- =53Maney Hill Primary School75%
- =53Northfield Manor Primary Academy75%
- =53Slade Primary School75%
- =53The Deanery Church of England Primary School75%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,696 (2024-25)
170th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #168The Olive School, Small Heath£6,716
- #169Cofton Primary School£6,708
- #170Northfield Manor Primary Academy£6,696
- #171Merritts Brook Primary E-ACT Academy£6,694
- #172Oasis Academy Woodview£6,693
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