St George's Church of England Primary School

St George's Church of England Primary School is a highly inclusive and diverse school that is performing securely overall. Safeguarding standards are met, pupils feel safe and valued, behaviour is calm and respectful, and attendance is above national averages. Personal development and wellbeing are a significant strength: leaders provide a rich, bespoke curriculum and strong pastoral support, and pupils benefit from wide opportunities, leadership roles and an embedded set of values. Early reading is a strength, and the newly opened nursery provides a positive start. Achievement, attendance and behaviour, early years, inclusion and leadership and governance are all at the expected standard, with leadership managing significant change effectively and the trust providing useful support and challenge. The main area needing attention is curriculum and teaching. Leaders recognise inconsistencies in curriculum delivery: teachers' expectations and task difficulty are not always well matched to pupils' starting points, progress varies across lessons, and some staff subject knowledge and teaching strategies are less secure. Oracy and writing require further development, particularly for pupils new to the country or with English as an additional language, so that pupils build language, communication and audience and purpose awareness securely. The school context includes high levels of disadvantage and SEND need, with many pupils joining mid-year. The headteacher was interim from April 2026 and appointed substantively in June 2026, and the leadership team is relatively new. Overall, the school has clear strengths in personal development, inclusion and pastoral care, but must make curriculum delivery more consistent to secure progress for all pupils.

Strengths

• Safeguarding standards are met and pupils feel safe.
• Personal development and wellbeing are a significant strength.
• Rich, bespoke curriculum and highly effective pastoral support promote pupils' personal growth.
• Pupils behave respectfully and the school has a calm, orderly, inclusive culture.
• Attendance is above national averages for all groups.
• Early reading is a strength, with effective phonics and catch-up support.
• The newly established nursery provision gives children a positive start.
• Pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils are identified quickly and supported effectively.
• Leaders use additional funding effectively to remove barriers to clubs, visits and music tuition.
• Pupils access a wide range of opportunities, including music, trips, community singing and leadership roles.
• Leadership has a clear, ambitious vision and has managed significant change well.
• Staff feel valued and supported, with strong trust collaboration.
• Parents speak favourably about recent improvements in communication and inclusion.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum delivery is inconsistent across classes and year groups.
• Teachers' expectations and the difficulty of work are not always well matched to pupils' starting points.
• Progress varies across lessons for some pupils.
• Some staff subject knowledge and teaching strategies are less secure.
• Oracy requires further development, particularly for pupils new to the country or with English as an additional language.
• The writing curriculum needs more opportunities for pupils to build on foundational skills and develop awareness of audience and purpose.
• Adaptation of teaching to pupils' needs is not always consistent.

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 St George's Church of England Primary School attended 94.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.5% 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, 0.9% of pupils at St George's Church of England Primary 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 St George's Church of England Primary School had 16.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 27.9% 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, 25.1% of pupils at St George's Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.9% 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 St George's Church of England Primary School received £7,998 and spent £7,754 for each of its 211 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £199,000 (£941 per pupil).

Across all 19 schools of Birmingham Diocesan Multi-Academy Trust, income was £7,859 and spending £7,689 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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St George's Church of England Primary School is part of Birmingham Diocesan Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 19 schools. The nearest others:

• St George's Church of England Academy, Newtown Birmingham
• St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Handsworth Birmingham
• Holy Trinity CE Primary Academy (Handsworth) Birmingham
• St Clement's Church of England Academy Birmingham
• Nonsuch Primary School Birmingham
• Quinton Church Primary School Birmingham
• St Michael's Church of England Primary School Birmingham
• Christ Church, Church of England Secondary Academy Birmingham
• Hawkesley Church Primary Academy Birmingham
• St Margaret's Church of England Primary School Solihull

What is St George's Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St George's Church of England Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in July 2026.

When was St George's Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St George's Church of England Primary School was last inspected in July 2026.

How many pupils does St George's Church of England Primary School have?

St George's Church of England Primary School has 259 pupils on roll.

What age range does St George's Church of England Primary School cover?

St George's Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St George's Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St George's Church of England Primary School?

St George's Church of England Primary School is at Beaufort Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B16 8HY.