Primary school

Yarnfield Primary School

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Birmingham
  • B11 3PJ
Ofsted report card · inspected May 2026

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 9,979 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 67%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 96%96%2016/17: top 96%2017/18: top 96%2018/19: top 92%2022/23: top 69%2023/24: top 73%2024/25: top 67%No exams

Against West MidlandsArrows: West Midlands rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM58% · West Midlands 65%3/10 Below+20.8 pts
Higher standard, RWM1% · West Midlands 7%2/10 Well below West Midlands+12.6 pts
Reading score102 · West Midlands 1051/10 Well below West Midlands
Maths score102 · West Midlands 1052/10 Well below West Midlands−5.1 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 24% · 86 pupils · West Midlands 53%2016/17: 32% · 90 pupils · West Midlands 61%2017/18: 35% · 89 pupils · West Midlands 65%2018/19: 45% · 86 pupils · West Midlands 66%2022/23: 54% · 89 pupils · West Midlands 61%2023/24: 53% · 86 pupils · West Midlands 62%2024/25: 58% · 88 pupils · West Midlands 65%58%24%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 86 pupils · West Midlands 3%2016/17: 1% · 90 pupils · West Midlands 7%2017/18: 2% · 89 pupils · West Midlands 8%2018/19: 0% · 86 pupils · West Midlands 9%2022/23: 1% · 89 pupils · West Midlands 6%2023/24: 2% · 86 pupils · West Midlands 6%2024/25: 1% · 88 pupils · West Midlands 7%2%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 98 · 86 pupils · West Midlands 1022016/17: 98 · 90 pupils · West Midlands 1042017/18: 99 · 89 pupils · West Midlands 1052018/19: 101 · 86 pupils · West Midlands 1042022/23: 103 · 89 pupils · West Midlands 1052023/24: 101 · 86 pupils · West Midlands 1052024/25: 102 · 88 pupils · West Midlands 10510398No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 98 · 86 pupils · West Midlands 1032016/17: 97 · 90 pupils · West Midlands 1042017/18: 98 · 89 pupils · West Midlands 1042018/19: 103 · 86 pupils · West Midlands 1052022/23: 103 · 89 pupils · West Midlands 1042023/24: 103 · 86 pupils · West Midlands 1042024/25: 102 · 88 pupils · West Midlands 10510397No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
45 of 45 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st4545
2nd3011
3rd417

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2009–2026

  • InclusionStrong
  • AchievementExpected
  • Curriculum and teachingExpected
  • Attendance and behaviourExpected
  • Leadership and governanceExpected
  • Early yearsStrong
  • Personal development and wellbeingStrong
  • SafeguardingMet
  1. 2009Inadequateas predecessor
  2. 2011Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2015Requires improvement
  4. 2017Inadequate
  5. 2018Requires improvement
  6. 2021Ungraded visit
  7. 2022Good
  8. 2026Lowest Expected

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026639
Free school meals (past 6 years)60.3%
First language not English56.0%
SEN support9.6%
EHC plan0.8%
Absence (sessions missed)6.3%
Persistently absent pupils17.7%

Girls 49.1%Boys 50.9%

101.4% full · 630 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher18.9
Pupils per adult11.2
  • Classroom teachers 31.5
  • Leadership 1
  • Teaching assistants 21.3
  • Other support 8.1

Teachers 32.5 FTE · Whole workforce 61.9 · 86 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£6,905
Spend per pupil£5,929
Staff spend per pupil£4,635
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£636,000in-year balance

Grants £6,862 · self-generated £43 · premises £417 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: SUMMIT LEARNING TRUST (9 academies) · trust reserve £16,644,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it