Wychall Primary School

Wychall Primary School has shown significant improvement since its last inspection, moving from requiring improvement to achieving a good overall effectiveness rating. Leaders have transformed the school environment, resulting in happy and engaged pupils who exhibit a strong desire to learn, as evidenced by enhanced performance in reading, writing, and mathematics. Although some subjects like religious education and physical education lack depth in curriculum delivery, the school's overall leadership, ambition, and commitment to student inclusion, particularly for those with special educational needs, are commendable.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate high levels of engagement and attendance
• Notable improvements in reading, writing, and mathematics outcomes
• Leaders have established effective and well-planned early years provision
• Strong emphasis on reading as a central part of the curriculum
• Pupils actively participate in their own safeguarding through peer support initiatives
• Staff feel supported in their roles, contributing positively to the school environment

Areas for Improvement

• Limited understanding of religious education among pupils
• Clarity of the leadership and governance structure is lacking for parents
• Curriculum implementation is incomplete in subjects like PE, music, French, and computing
• Mathematical skills application in other subjects is not well developed

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 Wychall Primary School attended 93.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.7% 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, 6.3% of pupils at Wychall 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 Wychall Primary School had 19.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.8% 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, 27.8% of pupils at Wychall Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.2% 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 Wychall Primary School received £8,934 and spent £8,345 for each of its 324 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £224,000 (£694 per pupil).

Across all 12 schools of Drb Ignite Multi Academy Trust, income was £8,088 and spending £7,905 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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Wychall Primary School is part of Drb Ignite Multi Academy Trust, which runs 14 schools. The nearest others:

• The Oaks Primary School Birmingham
• Princethorpe Infant School Birmingham
• Princethorpe Junior School Birmingham
• Jervoise School Birmingham
• Woodthorpe Junior and Infant School Birmingham
• Paganel Primary School Birmingham
• Yorkmead Junior and Infant School Birmingham
• Hob Green Primary School Stourbridge
• The Oval School Birmingham
• Audley Primary School Birmingham

What is Wychall Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wychall Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2025.

When was Wychall Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Wychall Primary School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Wychall Primary School have?

Wychall Primary School has 317 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wychall Primary School cover?

Wychall Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Wychall Primary School?

Wychall Primary School is at Middle Field Road, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 3EH.