Brownmead Primary Academy
Pencroft Road, Shard End, Birmingham, B34 6SS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- WASHWOOD HEATH MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Head Teacher
- Mrs Wendy Cotterill-Carter
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Washwood Heath Academy
- Constituency
- Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 268
- URN
- 141320
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01216753102
About this school
Brownmead Primary Academy is a primary academy in Birmingham. It teaches children aged 5 to 11 and has 268 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. 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
A short monitoring inspection followed on : inspectors found that standards have been maintained.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 56 | 60 | 31 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 63% | 74% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% | 83% | 97% |
| Expected standard in maths | 75% | 77% | 97% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 79% | 77% | 94% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 105.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 103.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.70 | - | - |
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 Brownmead Primary Academy 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 | 55% | 55.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 58.3% | 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 | 8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 341 |
| 2023/24 | 336 |
| 2024/25 | 316 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Brownmead Primary Academy compares
Brownmead Primary Academy ranked 66th of 266 primary schools in Birmingham 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 21% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 74% | 7.4% | 60.8% | 268 | — |
| Timberley Academy | 60% | 8.3% | 64.1% | 559 | 0.4 miles |
| St Mary and St Margaret's Church of England Aided Primary School | 73% | 4.9% | 22.4% | 237 | 0.4 miles |
| Heathlands Primary Academy | 62% | 8.2% | 52.8% | 440 | 0.6 miles |
| Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School | 41% | 7.6% | 52.2% | 196 | 0.7 miles |
| Hillstone Primary School | 66% | 5.4% | 50.5% | 415 | 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.
Inspection history
-
Ungraded inspection report29 January 2025
- 8 January 2020
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 60.76%
- English as an additional language
- 27.2%
- Overall absence
- 7.42%
- Persistent absence
- 25.53%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Timberley Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
St Mary and St Margaret's Church of England Aided Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Heathlands Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Hillstone Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Birmingham
Other schools in Birmingham
Brownmead Primary Academy ranks 65th 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 Brownmead Primary Academy teach?
- Brownmead Primary Academy teaches children aged 5 to 11. It is a primary school in Birmingham.
- Who is the head teacher of Brownmead Primary Academy?
- The head teacher of Brownmead Primary Academy is Mrs Wendy Cotterill-Carter, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Brownmead Primary Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Brownmead Primary Academy, 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 Brownmead Primary Academy?
- Brownmead Primary Academy has 268 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- Is Brownmead Primary Academy full?
- Brownmead Primary Academy has capacity for 420 pupils and 268 on roll (64%), 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 Brownmead Primary Academy a faith school?
- No. Brownmead Primary Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Brownmead Primary Academy have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Brownmead Primary Academy as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Brownmead Primary Academy?
- Brownmead Primary Academy is part of WASHWOOD HEATH MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Brownmead Primary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 55% 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 Brownmead Primary Academy rank locally?
- Brownmead Primary Academy ranked 66th of 266 primary schools in Birmingham 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 21% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Brownmead Primary Academy's absence rate?
- Brownmead Primary Academy's overall absence rate is 7.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Brownmead Primary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Brownmead Primary Academy'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 1 July 2026.