St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Handsworth
General Information
- Address: Piers Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 0UX – View on map
- Phone: 01215547818
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Philip Hynan
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 20 families put it first for 24 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 2 of the 24 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 8
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 119
- % eligible for free school meals: 58.3%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 75% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 11.4% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 71% moved to another school, 29% 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
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: 4.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 12.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 19.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 12 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 12 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 5 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 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
Outstanding 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 77% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 19% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 12 percentage points above the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 71% against an expected 59%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 71%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 81% · Writing 81% · Maths 90% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 90%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 107
- Based on: 31 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 45th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =45Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School77%
- =45St Alban's Catholic Primary School77%
- =45St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Handsworth77%
- =50Heathfield Primary School76%
- =50Pegasus Primary School76%
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11th of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #9Shaw Hill Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #10St James Catholic Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #11St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, HandsworthOutstanding
- #12The Olive School, BirminghamOutstanding
- #13The Olive School, Small HeathOutstanding
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,371 (2024-25)
200th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #198Yenton Primary School£6,378
- #199Lakey Lane Primary School£6,374
- #200St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Handsworth£6,371
- #201Abbey Catholic Primary School£6,369
- #202Nonsuch Primary School£6,362
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