St Clement's Church of England Academy

About St Clement's Church of England Academy

St Clement's Church of England Academy in Birmingham was rated Good in its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2024, a significant improvement from its previous inspection in 2011 when it was judged Inadequate. The school's leadership and management were also rated Good. When it comes to the key measure of how well pupils perform at the end of primary school, the data tells a mixed story. In the 2023/24 academic year, 48% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. This is well below the Birmingham local authority average of 63% and places the school in the bottom half of primary schools nationally, ranking 225th out of 254 schools in the local authority. However, individual subject results are more encouraging, particularly in reading where 74% of pupils reached the expected standard and the average score was 104.

Looking beyond the headline combined figure, there are some stronger points in the school's academic performance. In reading, 74% of pupils met the expected standard, which is a solid result, and 15% achieved the higher standard. The average reading score of 104 is above the national average of 100. In writing, 67% of pupils reached the expected standard, though none achieved the higher standard. Maths results are more modest, with 56% reaching the expected standard and 15% achieving the higher standard, and an average score of 102. The school's progress scores for reading, writing and maths are not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils' starting points. The school's ranking score of 48, based on the combined expected standard metric, places it in the bottom 50% nationally and in the bottom tier of Birmingham primary schools.

St Clement's is a small Church of England primary school with 187 pupils against a capacity of 236, and it has a nursery provision for children aged three and above. The school is oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 academic year, it received 28 applications for 13 places, with 13 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.15. A very high proportion of pupils, 73.3%, are eligible for free school meals, reflecting the school's inner-city context. The school offers a range of facilities including a Forest School, sensory room, chapel, sports hall and music rooms, and runs clubs such as coding, choir, film club and art club. Sports on offer include tennis, swimming, dance, netball, rounders, cricket and gymnastics. The school's SEND provisions cover moderate learning difficulty, speech, language and communication needs, visual impairment, physical disability and autistic spectrum disorder, making it a potentially suitable choice for families whose children have these specific needs.

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