Burnt Tree Primary School

Burnt Tree Primary School is a nurturing and vibrant primary school where leaders’ high expectations are reflected in pupils’ strong achievement and positive behaviour. The inspection found the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision all to be good. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and under current arrangements no overall effectiveness grade was given. Many parents recommend the school, and pupils describe a safe, welcoming place with warm relationships and a wide range of opportunities. The curriculum is carefully sequenced from early years, reading and phonics are prioritised and consistently taught, and pupils with SEND are identified and supported well. Pupils benefit from enrichment, clubs, residential visits and community roles that build confidence and citizenship. Staff feel supported, and classrooms are calm and purposeful. Two areas need improvement. Assessment is not consistently used well in some subjects, so some pupils develop gaps or are not moved on to more complex work when ready. Attendance also remains too low for some pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, despite the school’s strategies, meaning they miss essential learning.

Strengths

• Carefully sequenced curriculum from early years
• Consistently strong phonics and early reading provision
• Effective support for pupils with SEND
• Calm, purposeful classrooms with positive behaviour
• Broad personal development and enrichment opportunities
• Strong early years provision with positive relationships
• Staff feel supported by leaders
• Effective safeguarding arrangements
• High expectations reflected in pupils’ achievement

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment is not consistently used to inform teaching in some subjects
• Some pupils develop knowledge gaps or are not moved on when ready
• Attendance remains too low for some pupils, including disadvantaged pupils
• Attendance strategies have not yet had the desired impact

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 Burnt Tree Primary School attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.2% 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 Burnt Tree Primary School 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 Burnt Tree Primary School had 22.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.4% 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, 14.2% of pupils at Burnt Tree Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.5% 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 Burnt Tree Primary School received £7,265 and spent £7,265 for each of its 428 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £71,000 (£166 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 Burnt Tree Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Burnt Tree Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Burnt Tree Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Burnt Tree Primary School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Burnt Tree Primary School have?

Burnt Tree Primary School has 444 pupils on roll.

What age range does Burnt Tree Primary School cover?

Burnt Tree Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Burnt Tree Primary School?

Burnt Tree Primary School is at Hill Road, Tividale, Oldbury, West Midlands, B69 2LN.