Barford Primary School
Barford Road, Birmingham, B16 0EF
409 pupils · 90% of 453 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Free school meals
- 61%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 7 November 2023, published 13 December 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 59% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 8% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.82 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 17 | 14 | 72 | 16 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 35 | 34 | 99 | 35 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 39 | 37 | 89 | 39 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 36 | 35 | 90 | 36 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 30 | 30 | 99 | 30 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 39 | 37 | 103 | 39 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 39 | 36 | 119 | 39 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 50 | 43 | 141 | 50 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Patrick and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School 0.3 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Summerfield Primary School 0.6 km · Requires improvement (2022) · previous system
- City Road Primary School 0.7 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- The Oratory Roman Catholic Primary School 0.9 km · Inadequate (2022) · previous system
- St John's & St Peter's CofE Primary 1.1 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Oasis Academy Foundry 1.2 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.