Marston Green Infant Academy

Marston Green Infant Academy has shown significant improvement since its previous inspection, moving from Requires Improvement to a Good rating overall. The school is praised for its caring environment, strong relationships between staff and pupils, and a solid focus on ensuring that every child feels safe and valued. The leadership team has developed a proud and capable staff who work collaboratively to enhance teaching and learning. Parents express high satisfaction with the school, noting the dedication of the staff and favorable learning conditions for their children.

Strengths

• Strong relationships between staff and pupils
• High expectations for learning and behavior
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)
• Good leadership in early years provision
• Strong focus on reading and storytelling

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils make repeated mistakes due to inadequate correction by teachers
• Mathematics instruction is not consistently well structured
• Teachers' subject knowledge in certain areas is occasionally insecure
• Limited understanding of diverse faiths and cultures among 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 Marston Green Infant Academy attended 93.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.1% 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, 0.6% of pupils at Marston Green Infant Academy 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 Marston Green Infant Academy had 22.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.0% 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, 10.1% of pupils at Marston Green Infant Academy 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 Marston Green Infant Academy received £7,512 and spent £7,369 for each of its 336 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £470,000 (£1,399 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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What is Marston Green Infant Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Marston Green Infant Academy is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Marston Green Infant Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Marston Green Infant Academy was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Marston Green Infant Academy have?

Marston Green Infant Academy has 326 pupils on roll.

What age range does Marston Green Infant Academy cover?

Marston Green Infant Academy for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Marston Green Infant Academy?

Marston Green Infant Academy is at Elm Farm Avenue, Marston Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, B37 7AA.