OFSTED
Latest graded inspection
5 March 2024
Latest published outcome
Outstanding
OEIF
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour & attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership & management
Outstanding
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Local authority
Birmingham
Trust
BIRMINGHAM DIOCESAN MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
204
204 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
104
51.0% of pupils
Male pupils
100
49.0% of pupils
33.5 pts
above England
School
58.3%
Birmingham
45.4%
West Midlands
30.6%
England
24.8%
54.2 pts
above England
School
74.5%
Birmingham
38.9%
West Midlands
22.4%
England
20.3%
1.0 pts
below England
School
0.0%
Birmingham
0.5%
West Midlands
0.6%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other ethnic group
6.4%
13
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
21.6%
44 of
204 pupils
0.7 pts
above England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
19.6%
40 pupils
England
14.8%
4.8 pts
above
EHC plans
2.0%
4 pupils
England
6.0%
4.1 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Social, emotional & mental health
13
Speech, language & communication
13
Autistic spectrum disorder
5
Moderate learning difficulty
5
No specialist assessment yet
5
Specific learning difficulty
3
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
4.39%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
1.83 pts
lower than
England
School
4.39%
Birmingham
7.01%
West Midlands
6.28%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
12.12%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
3.69 pts
lower than
England
School
12.12%
Birmingham
20.05%
West Midlands
16.42%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
2.02%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
0.22 pts
higher than
England
School
2.02%
Birmingham
2.18%
West Midlands
1.82%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
97.1%
9.0 pts
above England
St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Handsworth
97.1%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.