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State primary · 4 to 11 · Mixed · 380 pupils

Allens Croft Primary School

Allens Croft Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 6RP
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Ofsted: Requires improvement · June 2024(254/279)About one first choice per place (2026)
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Summary

The key facts, in one place
Primary (key stage 2) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 13,023rd of 14,817 on the same figure. Band: Lower half.
(254/279)Rank among 279 Birmingham primaries with results, 2025 results (reading, writing and maths)
See the Birmingham league table →
Inspection
Requires improvement, June 2024
Results
45% expected standard; 0% higher standard
Size
380 pupils; 46 places a year; classes of 22
Run by
Birmingham council
Type
Community school
Ages
4 to 11 · Mixed
Strengths, and things to check
  • Expected standard: 45%, against 63% in Birmingham.
  • Higher standard: 0%, against 8% in Birmingham.
  • Sessions missed: 8.5%, against 5.9% in Birmingham.
  • Persistently absent: 26.9%, against 16.9% in Birmingham.
Could your child get in?In 2026 offers reached 2.94 miles. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.Check a postcode ↓ Schools for usRank every school near you by the measures that matter to your family, each reason shown.Rank schools →

At a glance

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SourceWhere these figures come from

How it is worked outBirmingham and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state primary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.

Against Birmingham and England
This schoolBirminghamEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Expected standardThe share of Year 6 pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, from the key stage 2 tests and teacher assessment.
45%
Worse than Birmingham
Higher standardThe share who reached the higher standard in all three. A small year group can swing this a lot from one year to the next.
0%
Worse than Birmingham
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
8.5%
Worse than Birmingham
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
26.9%
Worse than Birmingham
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
20.0
Worse than Birmingham
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
22.2
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
63%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
17.2
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Reception place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
1.0
In line with Birmingham
COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · RECEPTION 2027
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SourceBirmingham City Council offer-day figures, 2023 to 2026.

How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.

Things to know
  • A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.

In 2026 offers reached 2.94 miles. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.

Bars: how far the last place offered reached each year. Check your postcode and each year turns green where a place reached your home.

Free, no account needed. Your postcode is used for this check and not kept.

Offers

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Offer day, year by year

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SourceCouncil offer-day figures: Birmingham City Council, 2023 to 2026.

Things to know
  • Distances are straight lines from the school.
EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Reception2026604546——
Reception2024603739——
Reception202360———2.94

A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought.

Could you get in?Enter a home or postcode: we set it against every year's last offer and this school's rules.

Results

Quality

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SourceOfsted · inspected 12 June 2024
DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025

  • Requires improvement
  • Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 45% (England 62%) (county 63%)
  • Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 0% (England 8%) (county 8%)

Results

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SourceDfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Reading, writing and maths: expected standard45%62%63%2024/2025
Reading, writing and maths: higher standard0%8%8%2024/2025

League table place

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SourceDfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

TableLeague rank
Primary (key stage 2)(254/279)
Birmingham league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life and who goes there

Daily life

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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
DfE, school workforce · November 2025
DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

  • Absence: 8.5% of sessions missed; 27% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 6.3% and 19%
  • Suspensions: 20 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 2); 2 permanent exclusions
  • Classes average 22.2 pupils; 0.0% of classes have more than 30
  • 17.2 pupils for each teacher
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 58 m
  • 12 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (1 fatal, 3 serious)
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 13.9 µg/m³, PM2.5 7.6 (1 km square, background level)

Absence

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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25.

Things to know
  • Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (40% or more), the median of 2777 schools.
YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/258.5%5.9%2.6%27%2.7%
2023/2410%6.7%3.4%32%2.4%
2022/2310%7.0%3.5%37%2.9%
Schools with a similar intake6.3%19%

Suspensions and exclusions

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SourceDfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/2520.05.4%812
2023/249.65.1%405
2022/238.62.9%362
Schools with a similar intake2.2

Class sizes and staff

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SourceDfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size22.22025/26
Classes over 30 pupils0.0%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher17.2November 2025

Stops nearby

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SourceDfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current.

Things to know
  • A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus58

Road collisions within 500 m

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SourceDfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025.

Things to know
  • 3 serious and 1 fatal in all; 6 involved a pedestrian, 1 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
YearCollisions
20253
20242
20235
20222
20210

Air quality

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SourceDEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.

Things to know
  • A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO213.92024
PM1011.82024
PM257.62024

Who goes there

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SourceDfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals63%2025/26
First language other than English26%2025/26
SEN support28%2025/26
Education, health and care plan12%2025/26
Girls47%2025/26

Ofsted

Ofsted, June 2024The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Leadership and managementRequires improvement

Inspections

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SourceOfsted, 2024.

DateKindOutcome
12 June 2024Graded inspectionRequires improvement

Admissions

Getting in

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SourceDfE, school applications and offers · Reception 2026

  • 45 families put it first for 46 places; every one of them got in
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.

Applications and offers, DfE

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SourceDfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2014 to 2026.

Things to know
  • Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.
EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Reception2026464511445
Reception2025353410134
Reception2024393711037
Reception2023605513653
Reception2022585513955
Reception2021524812548
Reception2020585413849
Reception2019504411944
Reception2018544510345
Reception2017594810848

Who runs it

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SourceDfE, Get Information about Schools

  • Community school is run by its local council (Birmingham), not by an academy trust.

Fees and clubs

State schools charge no tuition fees. Breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs are set by each school: ask the school what it runs and what it costs.

Childcare costsWhat wraparound care and early years places cost, and what funding covers.See costs →

Nearby

Schools nearby

Cotteridge Primary School0.5 miStirchley Primary School0.5 miColmore Infant and Nursery School0.7 miColmore Junior School0.7 miCompare side by side →

Nurseries nearby

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SourceOfsted early years register.

Little Adventures Nursery (Stirchley)0.6 miles
Banana Moon Day Nursery Stirchley0.6 miles
Early Learners Nursery0.8 miles
Shooting Stars Nurseries Kings Norton0.8 miles
Homes in reach of this schoolLook up any home near here: its sales, an open-data valuation, and which schools it keeps in reach.Search homes →

Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: Birmingham City Council
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026 (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

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