Blakesley Hall Primary School

Blakesley Hall Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' grade in all inspected areas including the quality of education, behaviour, personal development, leadership, management, and early years provision. The school fosters a welcoming and respectful environment where pupils feel safe and valued. Pupils' personal development is bolstered by a variety of extracurricular activities, including trips and sports. Although the curriculum is ambitious and effectively meets the needs of most pupils, challenges remain, particularly for those with English as an additional language, resulting in some not achieving age-appropriate standards in English.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate positive behaviour and respect for one another.
• The curriculum prioritizes reading and includes innovative features like a book vending machine.
• The school effectively identifies and meets the needs of pupils with SEND.
• Teachers adapt learning effectively to support individual pupil needs.
• The early years curriculum is well-structured, helping children settle easily.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils do not attend school regularly enough, impacting their learning.
• Communication with parents regarding school life and academic progress needs improvement.
• Insufficient focus on developing subject-specific language skills.

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 Blakesley Hall Primary School attended 89.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 34.5% 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, 2.1% of pupils at Blakesley Hall Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). 3 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 Blakesley Hall Primary School had 16.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.0% 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, 16.0% of pupils at Blakesley Hall Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 17 pupils.

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 Blakesley Hall Primary School received £9,181 and spent £9,277 for each of its 462 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £1,536,000 (-£3,324 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 Blakesley Hall Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Blakesley Hall Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Blakesley Hall Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Blakesley Hall Primary School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Blakesley Hall Primary School have?

Blakesley Hall Primary School has 462 pupils on roll.

What age range does Blakesley Hall Primary School cover?

Blakesley Hall Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Blakesley Hall Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 43% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Blakesley Hall Primary School?

Blakesley Hall Primary School is at Yardley Green Road, Stechford, Birmingham, West Midlands, B33 8TH.