Boldmere Infant School and Nursery

Boldmere Infant School and Nursery demonstrates good overall effectiveness, alongside outstanding early years provision. Pupils are happy and engaged, indicating a supportive and inclusive school environment. There is a strong emphasis on high expectations, particularly for pupils with special educational needs, which is a significant strength of the institution. The school nurtures a strong community spirit, fostering positive behaviour and excellent attitudes towards learning. While the school's educational framework is ambitious and well-structured, notable areas for improvement exist in adapting learning material for higher-attaining students and in providing meaningful cultural experiences outside of the mainstream curriculum.

Strengths

• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Outstanding early years provision that prepares children well for Year 1.
• High expectations lead to good academic achievements across the school.
• Pupils exhibit positive attitudes and enjoy a sense of safety in their school environment.
• Effective reading and phonics teaching contribute to pupils' fluent reading.
• The curriculum is ambitious, well sequenced, and makes use of the local area.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum delivery does not always adapt to meet the needs of higher-attaining pupils.
• Insufficient opportunities for pupils to experience and engage with different cultures.

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 Boldmere Infant School and Nursery attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.7% 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, 0.7% of pupils at Boldmere 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 Boldmere Infant School and Nursery had 18.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 35.7% 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, 8.8% of pupils at Boldmere Infant School and Nursery were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 11 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 Boldmere Infant School and Nursery received £7,888 and spent £8,807 for each of its 301 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £363,000 (-£1,208 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 Boldmere Infant School and Nursery's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Boldmere Infant School and Nursery is Good, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Boldmere Infant School and Nursery last inspected by Ofsted?

Boldmere Infant School and Nursery was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Boldmere Infant School and Nursery have?

Boldmere Infant School and Nursery has 308 pupils on roll.

What age range does Boldmere Infant School and Nursery cover?

Boldmere Infant School and Nursery for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Boldmere Infant School and Nursery?

Boldmere Infant School and Nursery is at Cofield Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B73 5SD.