Hamstead Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C60
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Birmingham, B43 5BE
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Ferndale Primary School
Ferndale Avenue, Great Barr, Birmingham, B43 5QF
Local ranking23rd of 91 primary schools in Sandwell
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Primary
Phase
678
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 30 June 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 66.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 14.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 81.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 68.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 71.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 107.0
- Cohort Size
- 79
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 584
- Boys
- 288 (52%)
- Girls
- 263 (48%)
- Capacity
- 678 (81% full)
- SEND
- 17.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 32.7%
- EAL
- 25.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.4%
- SEN Support
- 14.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 28.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,378/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 9.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 25.6%
- Asian Other: 21.1%
- Black Other: 14.8%
- Asian Indian: 6.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 6.0%
- Mixed Other: 5.5%
- Black African: 3.6%
- White Other: 3.3%
25.6%
White British
21.1%
Asian Other
14.8%
Black Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Ferndale Avenue
Birmingham, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 103982
- UKPRN
- 10068840
- Establishment No.
- 2177
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