Tame Valley Academy

Tame Valley Academy is recognized as a good school, continuing its positive trajectory since its last inspection in November 2018. The school promotes a culture of care and respect, fostering a sense of community among students, staff, and families. Pupils enjoy coming to school, demonstrating exemplary behavior and positive attitudes toward learning. They are well-supported by their teachers, who encourage high aspirations and facilitate good progress across subjects, particularly in foundational areas like early reading and mathematics. The school environment is noted for its calm and purposeful atmosphere, allowing students to develop confidence and a sense of belonging.

Strengths

• Strong sense of community and belonging among pupils and staff.
• Students display exemplary behavior and positive attitudes.
• Well-designed curriculum that builds on previous learning.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• High-quality early education leading to confident, fluent readers.
• Staff involvement in school improvement minimizes workload impact.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent correction of basic errors in pupils' written work.

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 Tame Valley Academy attended 92.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 23.5% 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, 2.1% of pupils at Tame Valley Academy 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 Tame Valley Academy had 26.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.9% 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 Tame Valley Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.9% 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 Tame Valley Academy received £8,378 and spent £7,741 for each of its 214 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £427,000 (£1,999 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Greenheart Learning Partnership, income was £7,729 and spending £7,430 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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All schools in Birmingham · Birmingham local authority: places and applications

Tame Valley Academy is part of Greenheart Learning Partnership, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Heathlands Primary Academy Birmingham
• Woodhouse Primary Academy Birmingham
• Fairway Primary Academy Birmingham
• The Orchards Primary Academy Birmingham
• Edgar Stammers Primary Academy Walsall
• Albert Bradbeer Primary Academy Birmingham
• Reaside Academy Birmingham
• Featherstone Academy Wolverhampton
• Pye Green Academy Cannock

What is Tame Valley Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Tame Valley Academy is Good, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Tame Valley Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Tame Valley Academy was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Tame Valley Academy have?

Tame Valley Academy has 228 pupils on roll.

What age range does Tame Valley Academy cover?

Tame Valley Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Tame Valley Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Tame Valley Academy?

Tame Valley Academy is at Chillinghome Road, Birmingham, B36 8QJ.