# James Watt Primary School

James Watt Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 423 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E134102. [Birmingham](https://openindex.co.uk/birmingham)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 423
- Council: Birmingham
- URN: 134102

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Some aspects not as strong, October 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection: Some aspects not as strong, 9 October 2024
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 54% of pupils at James Watt Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Birmingham and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Birmingham | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 54% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102 | 105 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Oasis Academy Boulton](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oasis-academy-boulton-e139242): 170 m. Primary. Standards maintained, October 2024. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Windsor Olympus Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/windsor-olympus-academy-e149751): 270 m. Secondary. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Myles Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/myles-academy-e148644): 370 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Oasis Academy Benson](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oasis-academy-benson-e150692): 610 m. Primary. Inadequate (overall), September 2023, before the school changed, special measures
- [Oasis Academy Foundry](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oasis-academy-foundry-e140161): 650 m. Primary. Outstanding (overall), June 2023. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys](https://openindex.co.uk/school/king-edward-vi-handsworth-grammar-school-for-boys-e143562): 660 m. Secondary. Good (overall), April 2024. Attainment 8 of 71.3 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/134102)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/134102)

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