Bird's Bush Primary School

Bird’s Bush Primary School is described as a joyful place where pupils feel happy and safe. Leaders have an accurate view of the school, and their work to improve behaviour has been successful: pupils follow clear expectations, move calmly around school and engage positively in lessons. Behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision are all good, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. The school has benefited from strong trust support and investment, including staff professional development, and the curriculum is now broad, ambitious and well organised. The quality of education still requires improvement. Curriculum improvements are being implemented at pace and are starting to have a positive impact, but this work is ongoing and has not yet had time to affect published outcomes. Assessment is not consistently precise across subjects, so some gaps in pupils’ learning are not identified and addressed. In addition, teaching is not consistently adapted well enough for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), meaning some of these pupils do not build their curriculum knowledge as securely as they should. Reading is a clear strength: staff are well trained in phonics, younger pupils quickly learn to decode words, and adults provide effective catch-up support. Early years is well structured, attendance work is having a positive impact, and pupils benefit from a wide range of clubs, visits and leadership roles. The trust and local governing body provide regular support and challenge, leaders are mindful of staff well-being and workload, and staff feel valued. This was a graded inspection, so no overall effectiveness grade was given; the previous inspection grade was requires improvement.

Strengths

• Pupils feel happy and safe and behave sensibly in lessons and around school.
• Clear behaviour expectations are applied fairly and consistently by staff.
• The curriculum is broad, ambitious and well organised, with knowledge building from early years to key stage 2.
• Reading is prioritised, phonics teaching is strong, and pupils read books matched to their phonics knowledge.
• Early years provision is well structured and helps children get off to a strong start.
• Pupils with SEND are accurately identified and access the same curriculum as their peers.
• Personal development is strong, with varied clubs, curriculum-linked visits and pupil leadership roles.
• Attendance work is effective, and most pupils attend school regularly.
• Trust and governors provide regular support and challenge, and staff feel valued and supported.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment checking is inconsistent across subjects, so some misconceptions and gaps in learning are not identified and addressed.
• Teaching is not consistently adapted for pupils with SEND, limiting how securely some build their curriculum knowledge.
• The quality of education requires improvement, and recent curriculum improvements have not yet had time to affect published outcomes.

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 Bird's Bush Primary School attended 94.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.4% 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, 5.4% of pupils at Bird's Bush 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 Bird's Bush Primary School had 28.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 50.0% 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, 26.6% of pupils at Bird's Bush Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.1% 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 Bird's Bush Primary School received £7,800 and spent £8,649 for each of its 149 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £649,000 (-£4,353 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Perry Hall Multi-Academy Trust, income was £7,200 and spending £6,904 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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All schools in Tamworth · Staffordshire local authority: places and applications

Bird's Bush Primary School is part of Perry Hall Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Mesty Croft Primary Wednesbury
• Forest Hills Primary School Rugeley
• Perry Hall Primary School Wolverhampton
• Berrybrook Primary School Wolverhampton
• Sledmere Primary School Dudley
• Dunstall Hill Primary School Wolverhampton
• Woodthorne Primary School Wolverhampton
• Tillington Manor Primary School Stafford
• Stanley Road Primary School Worcester

What is Bird's Bush Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bird's Bush Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Bird's Bush Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bird's Bush Primary School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Bird's Bush Primary School have?

Bird's Bush Primary School has 143 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bird's Bush Primary School cover?

Bird's Bush Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Bird's Bush Primary School?

Bird's Bush Primary School is at Birds Bush Road, Belgrave, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B77 2NE.