St Laurence Church Junior School
Ofsted: School remains Good · February 2024State primary · 7 to 11MixedChurch of England
Bunbury Road, Northfield, Birmingham, B31 2DJ
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Summary
The key facts, in one placePrimary (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. England: the same figure across England. Band: Top 40%.
110thof 279 in Birmingham
Top 39%in England
Top 40%band
- Inspection
- School remains Good, February 2024
- Results
- 69% expected standard; 4% higher standard
- Faith
- Church of England
- Run by
- Fioretti Trust
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 7 to 11 · Mixed
Strengths, and things to check
- Expected standard: 69%, against 63% in Birmingham.
- Higher standard: 4%, against 8% in Birmingham.
- We hold no offer-day distances for this school: ask the council how far places went.
- A faith school: read its admission policy for any priority by faith.
At a glance
Against Birmingham and EnglandThis 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.
69%
Better than BirminghamHigher 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.
4%
Worse than BirminghamBirmingham 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.Guide: what these measures mean →
Overview
Getting in
- A Church of England school: its admissions policy may give priority by faith.
- We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.
- We can't tell how far Year 3 places reached: we hold no offer-day figures for this school. Ask the council or the school for the last distance offered.
Quality
- School remains Good
- Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 69% (England 62%) (county 63%)
- Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 4% (England 8%) (county 8%)
Daily life
- Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 183 m, rail 773 m
- 29 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 7 serious)
- Air: nitrogen dioxide 11.4 µg/m³, PM2.5 7.4 (1 km square, background level)
- Absence and suspension figures are not published for this school (DfE covers state schools only).
Who runs it
- Fioretti Trust, with 8 schools
- Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 April 2026
- Replaced St Laurence Church Junior School (URN 103416)
- We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.
Getting in
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.Year 3. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. How places are offered →
Could you get in?Enter a home or postcode: we set it against every year's last offer and this school's rules.
Results
Results
| Measure | This school | England | Council | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths: expected standard | 69% | 62% | 63% | 2024/2025 |
| Reading, writing and maths: higher standard | 4% | 8% | 8% | 2024/2025 |
Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.
League table place
| Table | Band | England | Council |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary (key stage 2) | Top 40% | 5,672 of 14,817 | 110 of 279 |
Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.
Inspections
| Date | Kind | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 29 February 2024 | Ungraded visit | School remains Good |
Source: Ofsted, 2024.
Daily life
Stops nearby
| Kind | Nearest (metres, straight line) |
|---|---|
| bus | 183 |
| rail | 773 |
Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
Road collisions within 500 m
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2023 | 9 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2021 | 2 |
Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 7 serious and 0 fatal in all; 6 involved a pedestrian, 1 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
Air quality
| Pollutant | Annual mean (µg/m³) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| NO2 | 11.4 | 2024 |
| PM10 | 11.4 | 2024 |
| PM25 | 7.4 | 2024 |
Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
Who runs it
Who runs it
- Fioretti Trust, with 8 schools
- Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 April 2026
- Replaced St Laurence Church Junior School (URN 103416)
- We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.
Area
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
- 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
- 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 (this school)
- How we check these figures: How we know
More in schools in Birmingham and the Birmingham league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
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