Penns Primary School

Penns Primary School demonstrates strong overall performance with pupils achieving well above national averages in reading, writing, and mathematics by the end of key stage 2. Notably, pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities make excellent progress, reflective of the school's commitment to inclusivity and tailored support. High attendance rates, positive behaviour, and a supportive school environment all contribute to students feeling safe and valued, which enhances their eagerness to learn. The positive relationship between staff and families further underpins the school's strengths in fostering a thriving educational community. While the school excels in many areas, there are ongoing efforts to refine the curriculum design, especially in broader subjects to ensure learning is maximized universally. Additionally, enhancements to outdoor learning provisions in the early years are needed to match the quality of indoor learning experiences. These areas for improvement position the school as one that is striving to maintain and elevate its standards amongst the expected and strong frameworks provided by Ofsted.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve consistently well across the curriculum.
• Strong progress for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• High attendance rates and minimal persistent absence.
• Positive behaviour and strong relationships between staff and pupils.
• Effective adaptations in teaching to support diverse learning needs.
• Well-structured and sequenced curriculum in foundational subjects.
• High-quality personal development and wellbeing programme.
• Strong community links and opportunities for pupils.
• Passionate leadership focused on pupils' best interests.

Areas for Improvement

• Need to refine curriculum design across all broader subjects.
• Outdoor provision in early years requires improvement.

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 Penns Primary School attended 97.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 1.6% 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, 1.4% of pupils at Penns 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 Penns Primary School had 20.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 18.2% of pupils at Penns Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.0% 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 Penns Primary School received £6,720 and spent £7,393 for each of its 203 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £360,000 (-£1,771 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 Penns Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Penns Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in April 2026.

When was Penns Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Penns Primary School was last inspected in April 2026.

How many pupils does Penns Primary School have?

Penns Primary School has 203 pupils on roll.

What age range does Penns Primary School cover?

Penns Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

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

In 2025, 84% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Penns Primary School?

Penns Primary School is at Berwood Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B72 1BS.