Ward End Primary School
Primary schoolWard End Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 878 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), March 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 5 March 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 69% of pupils at Ward End Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Birmingham and 62% in England.
9% 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 | 69% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 9% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 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
In a straight line- Heart of Birmingham Vocational CollegeSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file500 m
- Sladefield Infant SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), January 2023640 m
- Washwood Heath Nursery SchoolNursery. Standards maintained, October 2024660 m
- Hodge Hill CollegeSecondary. Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 44.1 (2025/26, provisional)820 m
- Thornton Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, May 2023. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)840 m
- Braidwood School for the DeafSpecial. Standards maintained, October 2024900 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Birmingham
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).