St Laurence Church Infant School
St Laurence Church Infant School is a converter academy in Birmingham for boys and girls aged 4 to 7. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2022.
Bunbury Road, Northfield, Birmingham, B31 2DJ0121 464 2888stlrnci.bham.sch.ukMrs Catherine Smith headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 2 November 2022 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published. As a Church of England school it may put families of that faith first. Check the school's own admissions rules.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Birmingham council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.2% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25† | 2023/24† | 2022/23† | 2021/22† | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 4.9% | 5.1% | 5.9% | 6.4% | 2.8% | 3.3% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 3.8% | 3.5% | 4.3% | 5.6% | 2.0% | 2.5% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.1% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 9.8% | 8.2% | 15.9% | 10.8% | 4.3% | 5.9% | 12.8% |
† These attendance figures are for St Laurence Church Infant School, the school this one replaced in April 2026. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Money
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Laurence Church Junior School | Academy | 0 m | – | Good 2024 | – | Compare |
| Bellfield Junior School | Council | 730 m | 229 | Good 2022 | 35 | Compare |
| Bellfield Primary School (NC) | Council | 730 m | 167 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Brigid's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 0.6 miles | 449 | Good 2023 | 69 | Compare |
| Wychall Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 317 | Good 2020 | 19 | Compare |
| Bournville School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 660 | Requires improvement 2024 | 5 | Compare |
| St Francis Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery | Academy | 1.0 miles | 218 | No overall grade 2025 | 69 | Compare |
| The Orchards Primary Academy | Academy | 1.0 miles | 190 | Not inspected | 38 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is St Laurence Church Infant School a good school?
St Laurence Church Infant School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in November 2022.
What is St Laurence Church Infant School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated St Laurence Church Infant School good at its last full inspection on 2 November 2022.
How many pupils does St Laurence Church Infant School have?
The number of pupils is not published.
What is attendance like at St Laurence Church Infant School?
Pupils were in school 95.2% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 10% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Bunbury Road, Northfield, Birmingham, B31 2DJ
- Telephone
- 0121 464 2888
- Website
- www.stlrnci.bham.sch.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Catherine Smith
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 4-7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England, Diocese of Birmingham
- Multi-academy trust
- Fioretti Trust (8 schools)
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Ward
- Northfield
- Constituency
- Birmingham Northfield
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 April 2026 (academy converter)
- URN
- 152167 · LAESTAB 3303371 · UKPRN 10099863
- Formerly
- St Laurence Church Infant School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.