Slade Primary School

Slade Primary School continues to be rated as good overall, and there is strong evidence to suggest it could achieve an outstanding rating in its next graded inspection. The school creates a positive and ambitious learning environment for all students, fostering a sense of community and care among pupils and staff. With a well-structured curriculum that emphasizes language skills and personal development, pupils are encouraged to excel academically while also participating in various extracurricular activities.

Strengths

• Pupils are extremely happy and feel safe at school.
• The school has a highly ambitious and cohesive curriculum.
• Pupils make strong progress across all subjects.
• Effective teaching of vocabulary and language skills is prioritized.
• Pupils with SEND receive excellent support and fully participate in school life.
• The school promotes a strong love of reading through various initiatives.
• Personal development opportunities are plentiful and well appreciated by pupils.

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 Slade Primary School attended 94.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.1% 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, 1.1% of pupils at Slade Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). 2 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 Slade Primary School had 22.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 29.5% 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, 14.9% of pupils at Slade Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.8% 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 2024–25 Slade Primary School received £7,141 and spent £7,260 for each of its 442 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £327,000 (-£741 per pupil).

Across all 23 schools of The Arthur Terry Learning Partnership, income was £7,703 and spending £8,151 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Slade Primary School is part of The Arthur Terry Learning Partnership, which runs 23 schools. The nearest others:

• Stockland Green School Birmingham
• Deykin Avenue Junior and Infant School Birmingham
• Brookvale Primary School Birmingham
• Osborne Primary School Birmingham
• Paget Primary School Birmingham
• The Royal Sutton School Sutton Coldfield
• The Arthur Terry School Sutton Coldfield
• Mere Green Primary School Sutton Coldfield
• Curdworth Primary School Sutton Coldfield
• Hill West Primary School Sutton Coldfield

What is Slade Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Slade Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Slade Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Slade Primary School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Slade Primary School have?

Slade Primary School has 442 pupils on roll.

What age range does Slade Primary School cover?

Slade Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Slade Primary School?

Slade Primary School is at Slade Road, Erdington, Birmingham, West Midlands, B23 7PX.