Springfield Primary Academy

About Springfield Primary Academy

Springfield Primary Academy in Birmingham was rated Good in its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2023, a significant improvement from its previous Inadequate rating in 2018. The school’s key stage 2 results for 2023/24 tell a mixed story: 46% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is below the Birmingham local authority average of 63%. However, individual subject scores are more encouraging. In maths, 69% of pupils reached the expected standard and the average scaled score was 103, while in reading 64% met the expected standard with the same average score of 103. Writing saw 61% at the expected level. The proportion reaching the higher standard across all three subjects was just 4%, with maths leading at 18% and reading at 19%. Nationally, the school ranks in the bottom 50% of primary schools on the combined expected standard metric, sitting at the 84th percentile.

Ofsted’s graded inspection gave the school Good marks across all five categories: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The previous inspection had rated leadership and management as Inadequate and overall effectiveness as Inadequate, so the turnaround under headteacher Shabir Ahmad is notable. The school has 459 pupils against a capacity of 630, and a high proportion — 54.8% — are eligible for free school meals, well above the national average. In Birmingham’s league table of 254 primary schools, Springfield ranks 232nd, placing it in the bottom 50% of the local authority. For context, the nearest Outstanding-rated school is The Olive School, Birmingham, 1.1 km away.

Springfield offers a wide range of facilities including a gymnasium, sports hall, sensory room, art studios, playing fields, music rooms, forest school and a chapel. Sports on offer include netball, cricket, athletics and rounders, while clubs cover chess, art, film and coding. The school has a nursery provision for children aged two and above. Its SEND provisions are extensive, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, autistic spectrum disorder and other difficulties. For the 2025/26 intake, the school was oversubscribed: 92 applications for 39 places, with 35 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.36. This suggests strong local demand, particularly from families who value the school’s inclusive SEND support and broad extracurricular offer.

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