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Highters Heath Community School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMrs Julie Aulton

corporate_fareEXCELSIOR MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

location_onBirmingham, B14 4LY

phone 1214642459

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Ofsted

Inadequate

Inspected 2022

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Students

177

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Expected Standard

65%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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Highters Heath Community School is a Academy sponsor led primary school in Birmingham, serving ages 4-11. Currently rated Inadequate by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 48% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Highters Heath Community School is an academy sponsor led in Birmingham, admitting pupils aged 4-11. It is part of EXCELSIOR MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. The school has approximately 169 pupils on roll, of whom 62% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 65% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #202 of 259 primaries in Birmingham and #8,962 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2022. The school's current overall rating is Inadequate. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Inadequate, behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement, personal development Requires improvement, and leadership and management Inadequate.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 19.4:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 4.1 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

65%

LA 60%

Reading73% LA 72%

Writing77% LA 69%

Maths77% LA 71%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

35%

LA 58%England 61%

Reading52% LA 70% · Eng 74%

Writing74% LA 69% · Eng 72%

Maths45% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

100

GPS SS

100

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

LA 56%England 60%

Reading-% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Writing-% LA 67% · Eng 71%

Maths-% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Read SS

Maths SS

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

LA 0.0

Write

LA -0.2

Maths

LA 0.3

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

Inspection Report

Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2022-01-25

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 EIF

Inadequate

Education

Inadequate

Behaviour

Requires improvement

Development

Requires improvement

Leadership

Inadequate

2018-03-13

None EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

5.3%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

1.8%(3 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 169 pupils. During this period, there were 9 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 5.3%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2024/25 (Spring term)	169	9	5.3%	0.8%	0
2024/25 (Autumn term)	173	5	2.9%	0.9%	0
2023/24 (Summer term)	186	6	3.2%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	185	5	2.7%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	177	9	5.1%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	180	11	6.1%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	177	10	5.6%	0.6%	1
2022/23 (Autumn term)	0	8	-	0.6%	0

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Moderate Learning Difficulty 15 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 6 pupils

Speech, Language & Communication 4 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 2 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Severe Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Physical Disability 1 pupils