George Dixon Primary School

George Dixon Primary School is currently facing significant challenges that require urgent improvement. Despite having introduced actions to enhance attendance, rates remain low, particularly with persistent absence affecting too many pupils. Although recent leadership changes show promise in stabilizing the school and setting high expectations, the overall performance across various domains has not yet reached an adequate standard, particularly in academic achievement and curriculum delivery. The school’s efforts to address the needs of pupils, especially those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are in their early stages and have yet to yield the desired outcomes.

Strengths

• Pupils generally understand and meet positive behavior expectations.
• The environment is orderly, with respectful relationships among pupils and staff.
• Recently initiated leadership is focused on raising aspirations and standards.

Areas for Improvement

• Attendance rates for all groups of pupils are very low.
• The quality of early years interactions is inconsistent.
• Support for pupils with SEND is not well developed.
• Pupils' achievement by the end of Year 6 has been very low.
• The curriculum has not coherently sequenced to meet pupils' needs.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at George Dixon Primary School attended 93.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 24.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.6% of pupils at George Dixon Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 George Dixon Primary School had 19.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 43.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 19.1% of pupils at George Dixon Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 George Dixon Primary School received £8,780 and spent £9,153 for each of its 283 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £72,000 (-£256 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is George Dixon Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for George Dixon Primary School is Urgent improvement, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was George Dixon Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

George Dixon Primary School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does George Dixon Primary School have?

George Dixon Primary School has 283 pupils on roll.

What age range does George Dixon Primary School cover?

George Dixon Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are George Dixon Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 26% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is George Dixon Primary School?

George Dixon Primary School is at City Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B17 8LE.