Fordbridge Community Primary School
Crabtree Drive, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham, B37 5BU
This school is closed (it closed in February 2023).
It was replaced by Fordbridge Community Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Harriett Simcox
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Meriden
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 600
- Pupils on roll
- 548
- URN
- 104121
- Local authority
- Solihull
About this school
Fordbridge Community Primary School was a community primary school in Birmingham. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 548 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Fordbridge Community Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 58 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 69% |
| Expected standard in maths | 76% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 74% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.40 |
| Writing progress | +0.50 |
| Maths progress | -0.10 |
How Fordbridge Community Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 25% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7.6% | 61.6% | 548 | — |
| Fordbridge Community Primary School | 74% | 5.9% | 62.6% | 522 | 0.0 miles |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School | 76% | 5.4% | 31.6% | 447 | 0.2 miles |
| St Anthony's Catholic Primary School | 73% | 5.3% | 35.7% | 253 | 0.6 miles |
| The Shirestone Academy | 87% | 6.4% | 60% | 241 | 0.7 miles |
| Coleshill Heath School | — | — | — | 480 | 0.7 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.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 61.6%
- English as an additional language
- 10%
- Overall absence
- 7.6%
- Persistent absence
- 23.3%
Location
Nearby schools
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Fordbridge Community Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Birmingham
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St Anne's Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Birmingham
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St Anthony's Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Birmingham
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The Shirestone Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Coleshill Heath School0.7 miles
Primary · Birmingham
Other 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 year groups does Fordbridge Community Primary School teach?
- Fordbridge Community Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Birmingham.
- Has Fordbridge Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Fordbridge Community Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Fordbridge Community Primary School?
- Fordbridge Community Primary School had 548 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- What are Fordbridge Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Fordbridge Community 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 11 September 2023.