Greet Primary School

Greet Primary School is a warm, welcoming and inclusive school where pupils typically achieve well. Inspectors found strong provision across education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years. Pupils behave well, feel safe, enjoy school and benefit from an ambitious curriculum that builds knowledge logically from Nursery to Year 6. The school identifies the needs of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities effectively, and supports pupils who speak English as an additional language well, particularly through early years talk and phonics. The school has improved since its previous inspection, when it was judged to require improvement. Staff speak highly of the support they receive, parents are generally positive, and the trust provides effective challenge and support. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. Pupils enjoy a wide range of trips and experiences that enrich their understanding of the world, and personal development is a notable strength. There are still areas to improve. Learning is not consistently adapted to meet the needs of all pupils, including some with SEND, in some subjects. Assessment is less developed in some foundation subjects and in early years, meaning gaps are not always identified and addressed, and some pupils are introduced to new learning before they are ready. The school also needs to engage parents more fully, as some do not feel well informed or involved in decisions about their children’s learning.

Strengths

• Warm, welcoming and inclusive school culture
• High expectations and aspirations for pupils
• Ambitious curriculum built logically from Nursery to Year 6
• Effective identification of pupils with SEND
• Strong support for pupils who speak English as an additional language
• Well-trained phonics staff who make precise checks on pupils’ reading
• Calm and orderly environment supported by the ‘Greet Drumbeat’ routines
• Skilled learning mentor team supporting pupils with behaviour
• Broad personal development programme preparing pupils for life in modern Britain
• Strong respect for diversity and focus on physical and mental health
• Staff feel well supported and part of a strong team
• Effective trust oversight and challenge
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

Areas for Improvement

• Learning is not consistently adapted to meet the needs of all pupils, including those with SEND, in some subjects
• Assessment is less developed in some foundation subjects and early years, so gaps are not always identified and addressed
• Some pupils are introduced to new learning before they are ready
• Some parents do not feel fully informed or involved in the work of the school
• The school does not provide enough opportunities for parents to share their views

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 Greet Primary School attended 93.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.1% 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, 3.3% of pupils at Greet 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 Greet Primary School had 17.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 22.7% 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, 20.3% of pupils at Greet Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.6% 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 Greet Primary School received £6,958 and spent £6,583 for each of its 775 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £429,000 (£554 per pupil).

Across all 4 schools of Create Partnership Trust, income was £7,121 and spending £6,598 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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Greet Primary School is part of Create Partnership Trust, which runs 4 schools. The nearest others:

• Conway Primary School Birmingham
• Brookfields Primary School Birmingham
• Hodge Hill Primary School Birmingham

What is Greet Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Greet Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Greet Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Greet Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Greet Primary School have?

Greet Primary School has 704 pupils on roll.

What age range does Greet Primary School cover?

Greet Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 55% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Greet Primary School?

Greet Primary School is at Percy Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham, West Midlands, B11 3ND.