Firs Primary School | School performance

48%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

327

Pupils · 2024/25

67%

EAL · 2024/25

31%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

48%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

327

Pupils · 2024/25

67%

EAL · 2024/25

31%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

48%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

327

Pupils · 2024/25

67%

EAL · 2024/25

31%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Requires improvement

Ofsted inspection · 11/07/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityBirmingham

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio19.8:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Firs Primary School · Primary · Birmingham

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2017/18

RWM expected standard

48%

+19pp

48%38%28%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 48%

RWM higher standard

+5pp

7%4%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 7%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

66%

Reading higher standard

22%

Writing expected standard

52%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

53%

Maths higher standard

16%

Science expected standard

81%

SPAG expected standard

59%

SPAG higher standard

22%

Reading scaled score

103.0

Maths scaled score

100.0

GPS scaled score

102.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

327

Pupil : teacher ratio

19.8

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

67%

FSM eligible

62%

SEN

20%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

31%

Contact

Address

Dreghorn Road, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, B36 8LL

Local authority

Birmingham

Website

www.firs.academy

Telephone

01214643792

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	48%	7%	66%	22%	52%	9%	53%	16%	81%	59%	103.0	100.0	102.0	—	—	—	20%	327
2023/24	29%	2%	42%	10%	56%	2%	48%	8%	63%	58%	99.0	100.0	100.0	—	—	—	16%	353
2022/23	28%	0%	53%	9%	33%	0%	63%	9%	67%	53%	101.0	101.0	102.0	-3.10	-5.10	-2.20	17%	347
2018/19	40%	5%	51%	16%	60%	9%	45%	13%	69%	60%	99.0	98.0	102.0	-1.60	-1.00	-3.80	15%	410
2017/18	45%	5%	53%	22%	68%	13%	55%	8%	72%	67%	101.0	100.0	104.0	+0.20	+0.90	-0.30	—	429

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	327	23.5	20%	67%	62%	9%	31%
2023/24	353	26.7	16%	65%	57%	9%	34%
2022/23	347	26.7	17%	66%	58%	10%	32%
2021/22	332	19.2	14%	62%	64%	8%	28%
2020/21	347	17.9	13%	60%	64%	—	—
2018/19	410	21.3	15%	49%	59%	4%	9%
2017/18	—	20.3	—	—	—	4%	12%
2016/17	457	—	20%	51%	62%	—	—