Highters Heath Community School
Highters Heath Lane, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 4LY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- EXCELSIOR MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Julie Aulton
- Sponsor
- Excelsior Multi Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Birmingham Selly Oak
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 167
- URN
- 149483
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Telephone
- 01214642459
About this school
Highters Heath Community School is a primary academy in Birmingham. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 167 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
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 31 | 26 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 35% | 65% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 52% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 45% | 77% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 45% | 77% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 103.0 |
Trends over time
How Highters Heath Community 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 | — | 55.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 35% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 65% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 177 |
| 2023/24 | 185 |
| 2024/25 | 169 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Highters Heath Community School compares
Highters Heath Community School ranked 143rd of 266 primary schools in Birmingham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 53% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 65% | 7% | 61.5% | 167 | — |
| Grendon Primary School | 58% | 6% | 56.5% | 309 | 0.5 miles |
| Yardley Wood Community Primary School | 37% | 8% | 60.2% | 442 | 0.5 miles |
| St Alban's Catholic Primary School | 77% | 4.9% | 33% | 207 | 0.7 miles |
| Peterbrook Primary School | — | 6% | 25.9% | 349 | 0.7 miles |
| Hollywood Primary School | 51% | 5.8% | 39.2% | 399 | 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
-
Graded inspection report11 November 2025
- 25 January 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 61.54%
- English as an additional language
- 32%
- Overall absence
- 6.99%
- Persistent absence
- 18.93%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Grendon Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Yardley Wood Community Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
St Alban's Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Peterbrook Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Solihull
-
Hollywood Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Birmingham
Other schools in Birmingham
Highters Heath Community School ranks 144th 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 Highters Heath Community School teach?
- Highters Heath Community School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Birmingham.
- Who is the headteacher of Highters Heath Community School?
- The headteacher of Highters Heath Community School is Mrs Julie Aulton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Highters Heath Community School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Highters Heath Community 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 Highters Heath Community School?
- Highters Heath Community School has 167 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Highters Heath Community School full?
- Highters Heath Community School has capacity for 210 pupils and 167 on roll (80%), 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 Highters Heath Community School a faith school?
- No. Highters Heath Community School has no designated religious character.
- Does Highters Heath Community School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Highters Heath Community School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Highters Heath Community School?
- Highters Heath Community School is part of EXCELSIOR MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Highters Heath Community School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 35% in 2023/24 and 65% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Highters Heath Community School rank locally?
- Highters Heath Community School ranked 143rd of 266 primary schools in Birmingham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 53% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Highters Heath Community School's absence rate?
- Highters Heath Community School's overall absence rate is 7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Highters Heath Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Highters Heath Community 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 3 July 2026.