Nansen Primary School
Naseby Road, Birmingham, B8 3HG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- LEIGH TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Nanaki Bajwa
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Leigh Trust
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 920
- Pupils on roll
- 528
- URN
- 138799
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01213893787
About this school
Nansen Primary School is a primary academy in Birmingham. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 528 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 109 | 113 | 108 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 76% | 61% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 1% | 6% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 74% | 77% | 79% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 83% | 68% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 81% | 83% | 78% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 106.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +4.20 | - | - |
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 Nansen 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 | 67% | 55.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 76% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 61% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 702 |
| 2023/24 | 662 |
| 2024/25 | 606 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Nansen Primary School compares
Nansen Primary School ranked 171st of 266 primary schools in Birmingham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 43% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 61% | 7.2% | 55.4% | 528 | — |
| Highfield Junior and Infant School | 64% | 8.4% | 45.4% | 642 | 0.2 miles |
| Shaw Hill Primary School | 70% | 7.2% | 56.7% | 474 | 0.3 miles |
| Parkfield Community School | 72% | 7.5% | 69.4% | 656 | 0.5 miles |
| Leigh Primary School | 63% | 6.5% | 45.1% | 385 | 0.5 miles |
| The Rosary Catholic Primary School | 49% | 5.7% | 47.5% | 342 | 0.5 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
-
Graded inspection report12 May 2026
- 29 March 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 55.44%
- English as an additional language
- 73.1%
- Overall absence
- 7.18%
- Persistent absence
- 20.61%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Highfield Junior and Infant School0.2 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Shaw Hill Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Parkfield Community School0.5 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Leigh Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
The Rosary Catholic Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Birmingham
Other schools in Birmingham
Nansen Primary School ranks 172nd 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 Nansen Primary School teach?
- Nansen Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Birmingham.
- Who is the headteacher of Nansen Primary School?
- The headteacher of Nansen Primary School is Mrs Nanaki Bajwa, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Nansen Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Nansen 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 Nansen Primary School?
- Nansen Primary School has 528 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Nansen Primary School full?
- Nansen Primary School has capacity for 920 pupils and 528 on roll (57%), 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 Nansen Primary School a faith school?
- No. Nansen Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Nansen Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Nansen Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Nansen Primary School?
- Nansen Primary School is part of LEIGH TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Nansen Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Nansen Primary School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Nansen Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 67% in 2022/23 and 61% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Nansen Primary School rank locally?
- Nansen Primary School ranked 171st of 266 primary schools in Birmingham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 43% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Nansen Primary School's absence rate?
- Nansen Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Nansen Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Nansen 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 15 July 2026.