Hall Green Infant School

Hall Green Infant School continues to perform well, maintaining its good status from the previous inspection in November 2017. The school fosters a supportive community where pupils grow as confident learners, with high expectations set for behavior and academic achievement. Leaders emphasize the importance of attendance and ensure that pupils feel safe and respected. However, there are challenges in ensuring that all pupils fully retain the knowledge from previous lessons, which can hinder their understanding of new material. Additionally, there are some concerns regarding the support provided for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

Strengths

• High expectations for pupil behavior and academic achievement.
• Strong community involvement and parental engagement.
• Effective early years education with a focus on building preschool foundations.
• Priority given to reading with well-resourced programs and swift support for struggling readers.
• Staff are well-trained and dedicated to student engagement.
• A broad range of extracurricular activities and clubs that enrich student experiences.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent retention of key knowledge by some pupils between lessons.
• Support for some pupils with SEND is not always effectively focused on underlying needs.
• Governors have not assured themselves of the quality of education and rely too heavily on information provided by leaders.

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 Hall Green Infant School attended 93.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.4% 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, 0.2% of pupils at Hall Green Infant 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 Hall Green Infant School had 22.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.1% 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, 13.5% of pupils at Hall Green Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.7% 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 Hall Green Infant School received £7,294 and spent £7,295 for each of its 383 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £538,000 (£1,406 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 Hall Green Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hall Green Infant School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Hall Green Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hall Green Infant School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Hall Green Infant School have?

Hall Green Infant School has 407 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hall Green Infant School cover?

Hall Green Infant School for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Hall Green Infant School?

Hall Green Infant School is at Petersfield Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, B28 0AR.