Whitecrest Primary School
Whitecrest, Great Barr, Birmingham, B43 6HQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Seema Mistry
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- West Bromwich
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 197
- URN
- 103922
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01213586348
About this school
Whitecrest Primary School is a community primary school in Birmingham. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 197 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Whitecrest Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 32 | 31 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 70% | 75% | 74% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 9% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 87% | 81% | 94% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 88% | 90% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 83% | 84% | 97% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 107.0 | 111.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 108.0 | 110.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Whitecrest Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Sandwell average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 70% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 75% | 57.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 74% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 204 |
| 2023/24 | 210 |
| 2024/25 | 205 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Whitecrest Primary School compares
Whitecrest Primary School ranked 13th of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 76% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 74% | 3.9% | 16.1% | 197 | — |
| Holy Name Catholic Primary School | — | — | — | 191 | 0.5 miles |
| Calshot Primary School | 66% | 6.1% | 35.2% | 436 | 0.6 miles |
| St Margaret's CofE Primary School | 48% | 5.6% | 14.4% | 221 | 0.8 miles |
| Ferndale Primary School | 66% | 4.7% | 32.7% | 551 | 0.8 miles |
| Beeches Junior School | 63% | 5.2% | 47.2% | 361 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 16.1%
- English as an additional language
- 14.6%
- Overall absence
- 3.92%
- Persistent absence
- 8.33%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Holy Name Catholic Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Calshot Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
St Margaret's CofE Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Ferndale Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Beeches Junior School0.9 miles
Primary · Birmingham
Other schools in Birmingham
Whitecrest Primary School ranks 64th of the 273 ranked primary schools in Birmingham.
- Abbey Catholic Primary School Primary
- Acocks Green Primary School Primary
- Adderley Primary School Primary
- Al-Furqan Primary School Primary
- Albert Bradbeer Primary Academy Primary
- Allens Croft Primary School Primary
- Alston Primary School Primary
- Anderton Park Primary School Primary
- Anglesey Primary School Primary
- Arden Primary School Primary
- Ark Tindal Primary Academy Primary
- Aston Tower Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Whitecrest Primary School teach?
- Whitecrest Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Birmingham.
- Who is the headteacher of Whitecrest Primary School?
- The headteacher of Whitecrest Primary School is Mrs Seema Mistry, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Whitecrest Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Whitecrest Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Whitecrest Primary School?
- Whitecrest Primary School has 197 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Whitecrest Primary School full?
- Whitecrest Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 197 on roll (94%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Whitecrest Primary School a faith school?
- No. Whitecrest Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Whitecrest Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Whitecrest Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Whitecrest Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 70% in 2022/23 and 74% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Whitecrest Primary School compare with other schools in Sandwell?
- Whitecrest Primary School ranked 13th of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 76% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Whitecrest Primary School's absence rate?
- Whitecrest Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Whitecrest Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Whitecrest Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.