Alston Primary School

State-Funded School

alston-primary-school-birmingham-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

BirminghamLocal Authority

Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull NorthConstituency

B9 5UNPostcode

2.3

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Alston Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Birmingham, West Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 636 pupils. Alston Primary School is part of LEIGH TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 50%
Higher standard: 7%
Reading score: 101
Maths score: 102

Ethnicity

White

Asian

75%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

636

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

56%

England average

27%

First language not English

83%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 636
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: LEIGH TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 26 February 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
11 Jul 2019	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.