Primary school in Birmingham
Woodthorpe Junior and Infant School
Greenwood Close, Kings Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, B14 6ET
Ofsted
Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 21 November 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 203
- Places
- 210
- How full
- Nearly full — 203 of 210 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 102 / 101
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Birmingham 110A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 46%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 17%
- Households owning their home
- 83%
- Households in social housing
- 9%
- Households with no car
- 15%
- Adults economically inactive
- 42%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- DRB IGNITE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Linda Jane McGrath
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Ward
- Brandwood & King's Heath
- Constituency
- Birmingham Selly Oak
- URN
- 151894
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Alban's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Good 2024 | 77% | 0.5 mi |
| Colmore Junior SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 79% | 0.6 mi |
| Colmore Infant and Nursery SchoolCommunity school | Outstanding 2023 | — | 0.6 mi |
| Wheelers Lane Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 59% | 0.7 mi |
| Allens Croft Primary SchoolCommunity school | Requires improvement 2024 | 45% | 0.7 mi |
| Grendon Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 58% | 0.8 mi |
| Broadmeadow Infant SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Inadequate 2023 | — | 0.8 mi |
| St Dunstan's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Good 2024 | 81% | 0.9 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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