Fordbridge Community Primary School
Crabtree Drive, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham, B37 5BU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- PROSPER TOGETHER MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Harriett Simcox
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Meriden and Solihull East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 600
- Pupils on roll
- 522
- URN
- 149492
- Local authority
- Solihull
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01217798040
About this school
Fordbridge Community Primary School is a primary academy in Birmingham. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 522 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
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Expected 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 | 84 | 58 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 69% | 74% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 83% | 84% |
| Expected standard in maths | 79% | 81% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 80% | 83% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 106.0 |
Trends over time
How Fordbridge Community 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 | Solihull average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 69% | 59.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 74% | 62.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 559 |
| 2024/25 | 522 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Fordbridge Community Primary School compares
Fordbridge Community Primary School ranked 15th of 45 primary schools in Solihull 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 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 74% | 5.9% | 62.6% | 522 | — |
| 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 |
| Yorkswood Primary School | 46% | 10.3% | 64.1% | 375 | 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 62.58%
- English as an additional language
- 12.1%
- Overall absence
- 5.92%
- Persistent absence
- 15.31%
Location
Nearby schools
-
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
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Coleshill Heath School0.7 miles
Primary · Birmingham
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Yorkswood Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Birmingham
Other schools in Birmingham
Fordbridge Community Primary School ranks 62nd 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 Fordbridge Community Primary School teach?
- Fordbridge Community Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Birmingham.
- Who is the headteacher of Fordbridge Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Fordbridge Community Primary School is Mrs Harriett Simcox, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Fordbridge Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Fordbridge Community 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 Fordbridge Community Primary School?
- Fordbridge Community Primary School has 522 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Fordbridge Community Primary School full?
- Fordbridge Community Primary School has capacity for 600 pupils and 522 on roll (87%), 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 Fordbridge Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Fordbridge Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Fordbridge Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Fordbridge Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Fordbridge Community Primary School?
- Fordbridge Community Primary School is part of PROSPER TOGETHER MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Fordbridge Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 69% in 2023/24 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 Fordbridge Community Primary School rank locally?
- Fordbridge Community Primary School ranked 15th of 45 primary schools in Solihull 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 40% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Fordbridge Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Fordbridge Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- 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 10 July 2026.