Westminster Primary School
General Information
- Address: Stamford Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 3PN – View on map
- Phone: 01214642369
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Maneer Samad
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 57 families put it first for 57 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 11 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 242
- % eligible for free school meals: 56.9%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (similar to the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 68% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 14.3% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 12% moved to another school, 88% 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: 5.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 9.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 15.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 29 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 15 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 10 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
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: 73% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 8% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 8 percentage points above the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 62% against an expected 60%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 62%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 76% · Writing 80% · Maths 76% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 78%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 105
- Based on: 59 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 67th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =67St Mary's Church of England Primary School73%
- =67St Saviour's C of E Primary School73%
- =67Westminster Primary School73%
- =78Birchfield Primary School72%
- =78Chilwell Croft Academy72%
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176th of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #174Welsh House Farm Community School and Special Needs Resources BaseGood
- #175West Heath Primary SchoolGood
- #176Westminster Primary SchoolGood
- #177Wheelers Lane Primary SchoolGood
- #178Whitehouse Common Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,234 (2024-25)
115th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #113Paganel Primary School£7,262
- #114Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School£7,257
- #115Westminster Primary School£7,234
- #116Shaw Hill Primary School£7,220
- #117St John's CofE Primary School£7,205
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