Bournville Village Primary

Bournville Village Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspected areas. The school boasts a rich heritage and creates a supportive, positive atmosphere where pupils feel valued and safe. While the school has set high expectations for behavior and academic performance, challenges remain, particularly in writing, where pupils struggle to meet age-appropriate standards due to inconsistent teaching and unclear expectations. The leadership team is actively working to address these issues while maintaining a broad curriculum that engages students in a variety of extracurricular activities.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well and enjoy a supportive school environment.
• High expectations for behavior and attendance are set and met.
• A wide range of clubs enhances pupils' talents and interests.
• Early years provision prepares children excellently for future learning.
• Pupils are well supported in reading, resulting in confidence and fluency.
• Strong leadership with an ambitious vision for all pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent identification and addressing of learning gaps slows progress.
• Inadequate implementation of aspects of the English curriculum, particularly in writing.

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 Bournville Village Primary attended 96.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.8% 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, 0.9% of pupils at Bournville Village Primary were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Bournville Village Primary had 29.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 21.1% 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, 10.3% of pupils at Bournville Village Primary were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.4% 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 Bournville Village Primary received £6,202 and spent £6,437 for each of its 652 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £4,000 (-£6 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 Bournville Village Primary's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bournville Village Primary is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Bournville Village Primary last inspected by Ofsted?

Bournville Village Primary was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Bournville Village Primary have?

Bournville Village Primary has 652 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bournville Village Primary cover?

Bournville Village Primary for pupils aged 5 to 11.

What are Bournville Village Primary's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Bournville Village Primary?

Bournville Village Primary is at Linden Road, Bournville, Birmingham, West Midlands, B30 1JY.