Harborne Primary School
Station Road, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 9LU
This school is open but due to close.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Principal
- Mrs Linda Francis
- Constituency
- Birmingham Edgbaston
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 840
- Pupils on roll
- 800
- URN
- 132261
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01214642705
About this school
Harborne Primary School is a community primary school in Birmingham. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 800 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Not effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: special measures.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 89 | 87 | 119 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 58% | 77% | 69% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 85% | 92% | 84% |
| Expected standard in maths | 76% | 85% | 80% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 85% | 94% | 85% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 109.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 109.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.90 | - | - |
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 Harborne 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 | Birmingham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 58% | 55.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 77% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 69% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 772 |
| 2023/24 | 806 |
| 2024/25 | 836 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Harborne Primary School compares
Harborne Primary School ranked 107th of 266 primary schools in Birmingham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 69% | 5.4% | 12.6% | 800 | — |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | 84% | 3.4% | 19.3% | 418 | 0.2 miles |
| St Peters CofE Primary School | 72% | 4.2% | 20.3% | 430 | 0.4 miles |
| Chad Vale Primary School | 77% | 4.5% | 20.2% | 415 | 0.5 miles |
| Water Mill Primary School | 75% | 6.9% | 46.2% | 205 | 1.0 miles |
| Welsh House Farm Community School and Special Needs Resources Base | 32% | 6.7% | 70.9% | 212 | 1.0 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 12.56%
- English as an additional language
- 34.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.39%
- Persistent absence
- 13.92%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Mary's Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
St Peters CofE Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Birmingham
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Chad Vale Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Water Mill Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Welsh House Farm Community School and Special Needs Resources Base1.0 miles
Primary · Birmingham
Other schools in Birmingham
Harborne Primary School ranks 106th 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 year groups does Harborne Primary School teach?
- Harborne Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Birmingham.
- Who is the principal of Harborne Primary School?
- The principal of Harborne Primary School is Mrs Linda Francis, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Harborne Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Harborne 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 big is Harborne Primary School?
- Harborne Primary School has 800 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Harborne Primary School a faith school?
- No. Harborne Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Harborne Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Harborne Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Harborne Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 58% in 2022/23 and 69% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Harborne Primary School rank locally?
- Harborne Primary School ranked 107th of 266 primary schools in Birmingham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Harborne Primary School's absence rate?
- Harborne Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Harborne Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Harborne 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 30 June 2026.