Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School (NC)

Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School provides a good quality of education where pupils feel safe, happy, and proud of their school community. The school has established a respectful and supportive environment with effective leadership and management. The curriculum is ambitious and inclusive, especially for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). There are also strong early years provisions that help children settle in quickly and learn well, contributing positively to their preparedness for future education stages. However, the school is aware of some areas for improvement, particularly in ensuring that the changes in leadership translate to consistent monitoring of curriculum effectiveness and further enrichment opportunities for all pupils, particularly those with SEND.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and happy at school.
• Ambitious curriculum designed for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Effective phonics programme aiding reading development.
• Strong early years provision supports children’s transition.
• Pupils demonstrate positive attitudes towards learning.
• High expectations for behaviour are upheld consistently.

Areas for Improvement

• New leadership roles are not fully developed.
• Inconsistent monitoring of curriculum changes.
• Limited enrichment opportunities for some pupils, especially those with SEND.

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 Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School (NC) attended 93.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 21.3% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School (NC) 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 Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School (NC) had 17.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.0% 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, 20.4% of pupils at Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School (NC) were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.1% 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 Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School (NC) received £8,211 and spent £8,117 for each of its 434 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £941,000 (£2,169 per pupil).

Across all 2 schools of Inspire Education Community Trust, income was £7,908 and spending £7,337 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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Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School (NC) is part of Inspire Education Community Trust, which runs 2 schools. The nearest others:

• City Road Primary School Birmingham

What is Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School (NC)'s Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School (NC) is Good, from an inspection in December 2022.

When was Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School (NC) last inspected by Ofsted?

Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School (NC) was last inspected in December 2022.

How many pupils does Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School (NC) have?

Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School (NC) has 460 pupils on roll.

What age range does Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School (NC) cover?

Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School (NC) for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School (NC)'s SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School (NC)?

Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School (NC) is at Yew Tree Road, Aston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B6 6RX.