Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery

Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery has effectively maintained the standards established during its previous inspection. Pupils demonstrate high levels of happiness and engagement in their learning, bolstered by supportive staff and a strong sense of community pride. The school has transformed its curriculum in the past two years to ensure pupils achieve well, with particular attention given to early reading skills and inclusive support for students with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Overall, the school is well-regarded by parents and has established effective partnerships to enhance the educational experience.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and feel safe at school.
• The school has high expectations for pupil achievement.
• Effective early reading instruction leads to confident and fluent readers.
• The curriculum is well-ordered to help pupils progress effectively.
• Pupils with SEND receive careful and inclusive support.
• The school actively works to improve attendance.
• There's a wide range of extracurricular activities available.

Areas for Improvement

• Some teachers do not check pupils' understanding sharply enough, leading to misconceptions.

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 Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.9% 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 Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery 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 Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery had 21.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.5% 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, 18.6% of pupils at Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% 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 Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery received £8,531 and spent £7,887 for each of its 444 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £600,000 (£1,352 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 Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery last inspected by Ofsted?

Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery have?

Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery has 458 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery cover?

Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery?

Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery is at Wheeler Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B19 2EP.