Topcliffe Primary School
General Information
- Address: Hawkinge Drive, Castle Vale, Birmingham, B35 6BS – View on map
- Phone: 01216756296
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Ms Vickie Crombie
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 34 families put it first for 30 places – 11 for every 10 places. 88% of them were offered a place. 1 of the 30 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 13 · 2025 15 · 2026 11
- 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: 72.4%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (less mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 11% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 16.3% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 31% moved to another school, 69% 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: 7.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 22.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for AutismSpeech, language and communication 56 places · 52 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: 14.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 25.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 15 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 15 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 39 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 21 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2019 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 20% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 45 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 38% against an expected 44%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 38%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 40% · Writing 35% · Maths 30% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 38%
- Average test scores: reading 99, maths 96
- Based on: 40 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: 263rd of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- #261George Dixon Primary School26%
- #262St Benedict's Primary School24%
- #263Topcliffe Primary School20%
- #264Forestdale Primary School15%
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168th of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #166The Rosary Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #167Timberley AcademyGood
- #168Topcliffe Primary SchoolGood
- #169Turves Green Primary SchoolGood
- #170Twickenham Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £12,378 (2024-25)
1st of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #1Topcliffe Primary School£12,378
- #2Bellfield Primary School (NC)£11,072
- #3Welsh House Farm Community School and Special Needs Resources Base£10,278
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