Somerville Primary (NC) School
General Information
- Address: Somerville Road, Small Heath, Birmingham, B10 9EN – View on map
- Phone: 01216750956
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Izhar Khan
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 417
- % eligible for free school meals: 62.5%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (less mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 96% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 11.1% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 24% moved to another school, 76% 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: 5.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 14.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 16.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 75 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 18 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 11 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 5 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 9 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Ofsted report card May 2026
Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.
- Safeguarding Met
- Inclusion Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching Expected standard
- Achievement Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard
- Early years Expected standard
- Leadership and governance Expected standard
Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Good (2022). The report card above replaces that grade.
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 70% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 4% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 5 percentage points above the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 66% against an expected 60%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 66%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 77% · Writing 75% · Maths 88% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 81%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 107
- Based on: 91 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 92nd of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =92Oasis Academy Hobmoor70%
- =92Shaw Hill Primary School70%
- =92Somerville Primary (NC) School70%
- =92St John's & St Peter's CofE Primary70%
- =100Ark Kings Academy69%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,411 (2024-25)
97th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #95Holy Family Catholic Primary School£7,430
- #96Christ The King Catholic Primary School£7,411
- #97Somerville Primary (NC) School£7,411
- #98Arden Primary School£7,410
- #99Cromwell Junior and Infant School£7,390
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