Highters Heath Community School
Highters Heath Lane, Birmingham, B14 4LY
167 pupils · 80% of 210 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- EXCELSIOR MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Free school meals
- 62%
Ofsted
Expected standard (2025) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 11 November 2025, published 11 January 2026. 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 | 65% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 0% |
“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 — 0.83 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 18 | 15 | 64 | 17 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 18 | 12 | 71 | 15 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 17 | 15 | 65 | 17 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 12 | 9 | 58 | 9 |
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
- Grendon Primary School 0.7 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Yardley Wood Community Primary School 0.8 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School 1.2 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Peterbrook Primary School 1.2 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Hollywood Primary School 1.2 km · No Ofsted rating
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School 1.3 km · No overall grade (2025)
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.