Beaconside Primary and Nursery School

Beaconside Primary and Nursery School is demonstrating strong performance across various areas, marked by effective leadership and high standards in teaching and learning. The school excels in providing a robust curriculum that ensures pupils gain foundational skills in reading, writing, and mathematics, with commendable outcomes that often exceed national averages. The inclusive environment promotes the success of all students, particularly those with special educational needs and disadvantaged backgrounds. The school community embodies a culture of safety, respect, and engagement, fostering positive relationships among pupils and staff alike. While attendance data is improving, current figures may not fully reflect the school’s efforts, indicating potential areas for growth. Nevertheless, the overall positive feedback from parents and visible improvements in both academic performance and social development of pupils signal a healthy learning environment. As the school implements its next steps to continually enhance attendance rates, it maintains a focus on nurturing confident, educated individuals who are well-prepared for future education stages.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve very well, often exceeding national averages in key assessments.
• Strong curriculum design that effectively builds essential knowledge and skills.
• Timely and impactful support for pupils with gaps in learning.
• Excellent behaviour management creating a positive learning environment.
• Effective inclusion practices for pupils with special educational needs.
• Strong leadership fostering a supportive and safe school culture.
• Engaging personal development and wellbeing programs for pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Attendance data improvements not fully reflected in published data.

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 Beaconside Primary and Nursery School attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.5% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Beaconside Primary and Nursery 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 Beaconside Primary and Nursery School had 20.8 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, 13.2% of pupils at Beaconside Primary and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 3 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 Beaconside Primary and Nursery School received £6,883 and spent £7,110 for each of its 235 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £39,000 (£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 Beaconside Primary and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Beaconside Primary and Nursery School is Strong standard, from an inspection in April 2026.

When was Beaconside Primary and Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

Beaconside Primary and Nursery School was last inspected in April 2026.

How many pupils does Beaconside Primary and Nursery School have?

Beaconside Primary and Nursery School has 235 pupils on roll.

What age range does Beaconside Primary and Nursery School cover?

Beaconside Primary and Nursery School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Beaconside Primary and Nursery School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Beaconside Primary and Nursery School?

Beaconside Primary and Nursery School is at Hazel Road, Rubery, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 9DX.