Featherstone Primary School

What Featherstone Primary School does

Featherstone Primary School is a UK maintained primary school located in Birmingham, England, serving children from Reception (age 4-5) through Year 6 (age 10-11) under the National Curriculum (2014) and the EYFS Statutory Framework. The school is led by Headteacher Mr Gaibee with a team of approximately 19 staff, including a SENco (Miss Beach), multiple Designated Safeguarding Leads, an Office Manager, and a Place2Be School Project Manager (Miss Lake). Pupils and parents are supported through a layered offering that includes systematic synthetic phonics (Read Write Inc), the 100 Book Challenge reading initiative, the proprietary Featherstone Enrichment Programme with its seven-stage Championship Award Scheme, hot school meals, and on-site emotional wellbeing services delivered via a core partnership with national charity Place2Be.

The school's extended service ecosystem is built around several partnerships. High Achievers operates an independently-run before-and-after school club on the premises from 7am to 6pm, with pay-as-you-go fees of £4.50 per morning session and £9.50 per afternoon session. Family-support referral pathways connect parents to Forward Thinking Birmingham, Foodbank Erdington, Family Action, and Refugee Action Birmingham. Digital infrastructure is minimal: no proprietary app or API; integrations are limited to ParentPay for school meal and trip payments and Bug Club for online reading practice. The school is recognized through awards including Youth Sport Trust Bronze/Silver, School Games Gold, Change 4 Life, Leading Aspect Award, The Diana Award, Equalities Award, and Cyber Essentials certification.

Commercially, Featherstone Primary School is a non-traded public-sector institution whose revenue model is implicitly anchored in Birmingham local authority per-pupil funding, with marginal commercial income from optional wrap-around childcare (operated by High Achievers), school meals, and supplementary fees. There are no funding rounds, no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no disclosed audited financials. The go-to-market motion is direct school admission within the local catchment area, supported by a school website, monthly newsletters, and parent information meetings/events.

Name

Featherstone Primary School

Legal name

Featherstone Primary School

Website

https://featherstoneprimaryschool.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Featherstone Primary School is a UK maintained primary school in Birmingham delivering National Curriculum education from Reception to Year 6, with on-site mental health support via Place2Be, before/after school childcare via High Achievers, and a proprietary enrichment programme.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Elementary Schools (EDAJAAAB)

Keywords

• Primary education
• Primary school services
• Before and after school care
• Special educational needs
• School mental health support

Headquarters

HQ city

Birmingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Featherstone Primary School is a UK state primary school delivering full National Curriculum education from Reception (ages 4-5) through Year 6 (ages 10-11), alongside EYFS framework provision. The school supplements core academics with a proprietary Featherstone Enrichment Programme (Championship Award Scheme), on-site Place2Be mental health and emotional wellbeing services, comprehensive SEND provision, daily hot school meals, and partnered before/after school childcare through the High Achievers club operating from 7am to 6pm on site.

Product overview

Featherstone Primary School is a single-site UK primary school offering education from Reception through Year 6. The school provides a broad curriculum including core subjects (English, Mathematics, Science) plus Religious Education, PSHE, Humanities, and Arts. Additional services include before/after school childcare (High Achievers Club), hot school meals, and mental health support via Place2Be. The school follows the National Curriculum with enrichment through its proprietary Featherstone Enrichment Programme featuring the Championship Award Scheme.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Featherstone Primary School Education Services
• High Achievers Before & After School Club
• The Featherstone Enrichment Programme
• Place2Be Mental Health Services
• Read Write Inc Phonics Programme
• School Meals Service

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Place2BecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational charity working in over 300 UK schools to improve confidence and emotional wellbeing of children. Place2Be provides Place2Talk self-referral service, one-to-one counselling, group work, Place2think support for staff, and Place for Parents counselling. Miss Lake serves as School Project Manager working Monday to Friday.
• High AchieverscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPrivate independently run club operating on school premises providing extended childcare services from 7am to 6pm. Website: high-achievers.org.uk. Contact: 0121 356 9299 or 079428 239 895. Provides before and after school care with fees of £4.50 morning and £9.50 afternoon sessions.
• Forward Thinking BirminghamminorOthersMental health support organization referenced on Family Support page for parents needing advice on mental health issues
• Foodbank ErdingtonminorOthersFood vouchers available for families in need. Contact one of the Senior Leaders for assistance.
• Family ActionminorOthersCharity providing support services for families in Birmingham, referenced on Family Support page
• Refugee Action BirminghamminorOthersSupport organization for refugees in Birmingham, referenced on Family Support page

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• High Achievers: An independently run before- and after-school club operating on UK primary school premises. Comparable as a channel/operating partner that delivers Featherstone's wrap-around childcare offering rather than as a competing school.
• Place2Be: A national children's mental health charity working in over 300 UK schools. Comparable not as a competitor but as a strategic enablement partner whose on-site provision directly shapes Featherstone's wellbeing proposition.

Direct peers

• Reach Academy Feltham: A small UK primary with a strong enrichment and wellbeing-led model serving a similar Reception-through-Year-6 age range. Comparable because it is a similarly sized single-site primary built around a distinctive whole-child proposition rather than scale.

Broad incumbents

• Outwood Grange Academies Trust: A large multi-academy trust with extensive primary provision. Comparable as a state-funded schooling operator in the same regulatory and funding framework as Featherstone.
• Ark Schools: A large UK multi-academy trust operating numerous primary academies. Comparable because it competes with Featherstone for Birmingham-area state primary pupils and operates within the same Ofsted and National Curriculum regulatory environment.
• Oasis Academy Trust: A UK multi-academy trust running primary and secondary academies with a strong emphasis on character and wellbeing. Comparable because of the similar wellbeing-led positioning and primary-age cohort overlap.
• Harris Federation: A major UK multi-academy trust with a portfolio of primary and secondary academies. Comparable because it is an established state-funded schooling group operating within the same funding formula and inspection regime as Featherstone.
• Cognita Schools: An international schools group operating both primary and secondary schools. Comparable because it offers primary-age schooling with enrichment and wellbeing programming in the broader UK independent schools segment, though at a fee-paying level.
• Academy Transformation Trust: A multi-academy trust operating primary and secondary academies across the Midlands. Comparable because of regional overlap with Birmingham and the same state-funded primary delivery model.
• Greenwood Academies Trust: A UK multi-academy trust operating multiple primaries, including in the East Midlands region. Comparable as a state-funded primary operator with shared funding, curriculum, and inspection dynamics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks2 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance9 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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