Audley Primary School

Audley Primary School has made significant strides since its last inspection, moving from a previous grade of 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good' in all areas evaluated. The leadership team, with the support of the trust, has implemented an ambitious curriculum and fostered a high-expectation culture that encourages pupil engagement and a sense of safety. Although many pupils thrive in this nurturing environment, some parents have expressed concerns regarding bullying, which the school addresses promptly. Overall, pupils feel happy and well-cared for, with a variety of extracurricular activities enhancing their learning experience.

Strengths

• Effective leadership has driven rapid improvements since the pandemic.
• High expectations for pupil behavior and engagement are consistently upheld.
• Strong focus on reading in early years and key stage 1 supports literacy development.
• Curriculum is well-structured and coherently sequenced across subjects.
• Positive atmosphere with engaged pupils enjoying lessons and extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in identifying and supporting pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Pupil attendance, while improving, remains too low for a number of students.

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 Audley Primary School attended 92.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 25.8% 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, 0.2% of pupils at Audley 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 Audley Primary School had 20.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.0% 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, 21.5% of pupils at Audley Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.7% 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 Audley Primary School received £6,968 and spent £6,445 for each of its 834 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £578,000 (£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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Audley Primary School is part of Drb Ignite Multi Academy Trust, which runs 14 schools. The nearest others:

• The Oval School Birmingham
• Yorkmead Junior and Infant School Birmingham
• Woodthorpe Junior and Infant School Birmingham
• The Oaks Primary School Birmingham
• Paganel Primary School Birmingham
• Jervoise School Birmingham
• Princethorpe Infant School Birmingham
• Princethorpe Junior School Birmingham
• Wychall Primary School Birmingham
• Beechwood Church of England Primary School Dudley

What is Audley Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Audley Primary School is Good, from an inspection in August 2023.

When was Audley Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Audley Primary School was last inspected in August 2023.

How many pupils does Audley Primary School have?

Audley Primary School has 874 pupils on roll.

What age range does Audley Primary School cover?

Audley Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Audley Primary School?

Audley Primary School is at Audley Road, Stechford, Birmingham, West Midlands, B33 9HY.