Primary school

Highters Heath Community School

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 4–11
  • Mixed
  • Birmingham
  • B14 4LY
Ofsted report card · inspected Nov 2025

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 7,404 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 50%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 94%94%2016/17: top 93%2017/18: top 79%2018/19: top 51%2022/23: top 84%2023/24: top 95%2024/25: top 50%No exams

Against West Midlands

Expected standard, RWM65% · West Midlands 65%Small cohort: 26 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Higher standard, RWM0% · West Midlands 7%Small cohort: 26 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Reading score106 · West Midlands 105Small cohort: 26 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Maths score103 · West Midlands 105Small cohort: 26 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 27% · 30 pupils · West Midlands 53%2016/17: 37% · 30 pupils · West Midlands 61%2017/18: 54% · 26 pupils · West Midlands 65%2018/19: 67% · 30 pupils · West Midlands 66%2022/23: 45% · 29 pupils · West Midlands 61%2023/24: 35% · 31 pupils · West Midlands 62%2024/25: 65% · 26 pupils · West Midlands 65%67%27%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 30 pupils · West Midlands 3%2016/17: 0% · 30 pupils · West Midlands 7%2017/18: 0% · 26 pupils · West Midlands 8%2018/19: 10% · 30 pupils · West Midlands 9%2022/23: 7% · 29 pupils · West Midlands 6%2023/24: 6% · 31 pupils · West Midlands 6%2024/25: 0% · 26 pupils · West Midlands 7%10%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 98 · 30 pupils · West Midlands 1022016/17: 98 · 30 pupils · West Midlands 1042017/18: 102 · 26 pupils · West Midlands 1052018/19: 105 · 30 pupils · West Midlands 1042022/23: 102 · 29 pupils · West Midlands 1052023/24: 101 · 31 pupils · West Midlands 1052024/25: 106 · 26 pupils · West Midlands 10510698No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 97 · 30 pupils · West Midlands 1032016/17: 99 · 30 pupils · West Midlands 1042017/18: 103 · 26 pupils · West Midlands 1042018/19: 105 · 30 pupils · West Midlands 1052022/23: 103 · 29 pupils · West Midlands 1042023/24: 100 · 31 pupils · West Midlands 1042024/25: 103 · 26 pupils · West Midlands 10510597No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
15 of 15 who put it first2014 · 77.8%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st1515
2nd241
3rd251

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2005–2025

  • InclusionExpected
  • AchievementExpected
  • Curriculum and teachingExpected
  • Attendance and behaviourExpected
  • Leadership and governanceExpected
  • Early yearsStrong
  • Personal development and wellbeingExpected
  • SafeguardingMet
  1. 2005Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2008Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2011Outstandingas predecessor
  4. 2014Goodas predecessor
  5. 2018Requires improvementas predecessor
  6. 2022Inadequateas predecessor
  7. 2025Lowest Expected

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026167
Free school meals (past 6 years)61.5%
First language not English32.0%
SEN support16.0%
EHC plan2.4%
Absence (sessions missed)7.0%
Persistently absent pupils18.9%

Girls 50.3%Boys 49.7%

79.5% full · 210 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher19.4
Pupils per adult10.3
  • Classroom teachers 4.8
  • Leadership 3.8
  • Teaching assistants 7.6
  • Other support 1.7

Teachers 8.6 FTE · Whole workforce 17.9 · 24 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,627
Spend per pupil£8,450
Staff spend per pupil£6,574
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£30,000in-year balance

Grants £8,556 · self-generated £71 · premises £231 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: EXCELSIOR MULTI ACADEMY TRUST (8 academies) · trust reserve £1,135,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it