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Grendon Primary School

Primary · Birmingham · B14 4RB

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No current grade

Ungraded inspection: no current grade

Ofsted's most recent visit was an ungraded inspection; its outcome was “Standards maintained”. Since September 2024 these outcomes no longer confirm a named grade. No graded inspection appears in Ofsted's records for this school since 2015 either, so SchoolFacts shows no grade rather than guessing. Any earlier grade is on the school's Ofsted report page.

Inspected 20 November 2024

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At a glance

309 pupils · 86% of 360 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
53.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
27.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
18.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.grendon.bham.sch.uk
URN
103205

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 34 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.13 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1211 m (≈0.75 mi); distance decided places in 4 of the 6 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.13 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 34 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 1211 m (≈0.75 mi) for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1211 m (≈0.75 mi)

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

57 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
58%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school58%
Median of its 12 closest peers60%
Birmingham average64.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Hillocks Primary AcademySutton-in-Ashfield · 56 miles awayRequires improvement32%
Edlington Victoria AcademyDoncaster · 80 miles awayGood76%
Four Oaks Community Primary SchoolLiverpool · 83 miles awayRequires improvement81%
Wharton Primary SchoolSalford · 81 miles awayNot yet graded62%
The Willows Primary SchoolIpswich · 130 miles awayRequires improvement35%
Ark Castledown Primary AcademyHastings · 151 miles awayStrong standard78%
Harwood Park Primary SchoolHeywood · 83 miles awayGood49%
Ince CofE Primary SchoolWigan · 84 miles awayGood48%
Waterloo Primary SchoolAshton-under-Lyne · 76 miles awayNeeds attention49%
Holyhead Primary AcademyWednesbury · 12 miles awayExpected standard60%
Henbury Court Primary AcademyBristol · 70 miles awayRequires improvement60%
Longshaw Community Junior SchoolBlackburn · 95 miles awayGood67%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 47% (Birmingham 24%, England 60%) · Asian Pakistani 14% (Birmingham 23%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 7% (Birmingham 4%, England 3%) · Black African 5% (Birmingham 10%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5% (Birmingham 3%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Birmingham 7%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 4% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 3% (Birmingham 5%, England 4%) · Any other White background 2% (Birmingham 4%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Birmingham 3%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Birmingham 6%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.70 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Birmingham: 2.51 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2023 census)

57.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 7.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 64.1%, 8.3 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £53,156; 15% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£8,481
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 12% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 8% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £413,187; in-year balance +£133,610

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher23.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications28.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work20.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways27.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health43%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier57.6%62.3%
Social housing27.7%17.1%
Privately rented13.8%20.5%
Detached houses7.5%22.9%
Flats10.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms10%21.1%
Households with no car or van30.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01008943 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£235,000355 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£200,000–£264,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (13)£355,000
Semi-detached (160)£245,000
Terraced (148)£227,500
Flat (34)£132,500

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.21 km, 2026 entry): 540 sales, median £236,500. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
17an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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