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Chilcote Primary School

Primary · Birmingham · B28 0PB

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 3 June 2025

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At a glance

458 pupils · 103% of 446 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
21.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
26.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.chilcoteschool.com/
URN
103298

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 77 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 1.28 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 577 m (≈0.36 mi); distance decided places in 6 of the 6 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. At its inspection on 3 June 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.28 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 77 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 577 m (≈0.36 mi) for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 577 m (≈0.36 mi)

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
81%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
17%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
111
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 school81%
Median of its 12 closest peers66%
Birmingham average64.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
Parklands Educate Together PrimaryWeston-Super-Mare · 87 miles awayGood47%
Millfield L.E.A.D. AcademyLeicester · 31 miles awayNo current grade78%
The Oaks Primary School & NurseryCrawley · 115 miles awayGood72%
Lord Scudamore Primary AcademyHereford · 45 miles awayGood53%
Hereward Primary SchoolLoughton · 97 miles awayOutstanding90%
Salisbury Road Primary SchoolPlymouth · 172 miles awayGood76%
St Ann's RC Primary SchoolManchester · 74 miles awayGood53%
Ashby Fields Primary SchoolDaventry · 30 miles awayGood73%
Queen Boudica Primary SchoolColchester · 121 miles awayGood66%
Springhead Park Primary SchoolNorthfleet · 115 miles awayGood66%
Pathfinder CofE Primary SchoolCambridge · 81 miles awayGood65%
Lovelace Primary SchoolChessington · 98 miles awayGood55%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Pakistani 35% (Birmingham 23%, England 5%) · White British 22% (Birmingham 24%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 10% (Birmingham 5%, England 4%) · Asian Bangladeshi 5% (Birmingham 6%, England 2%) · Not recorded 5% (Birmingham 2%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Birmingham 7%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 4% (Birmingham 4%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Birmingham 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Birmingham 4%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · Black African 1% (Birmingham 10%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Birmingham 3%, England 1%) · other groups together 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)
4.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.23 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
23.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

96% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school

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 2024 census)

65% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,084; 9.5% 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£6,402
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 19% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 9% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £383,207; in-year balance +£44,619

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher38.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17%18.1%
In managerial or professional work37.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier84.5%62.3%
Social housing1.7%17.1%
Privately rented13.7%20.5%
Detached houses19.7%22.9%
Flats3.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms23.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van10.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01009039 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£305,000632 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£246,000–£345,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (67)£350,000
Semi-detached (346)£315,000
Terraced (106)£280,000
Flat (113)£170,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.58 km, 2026 entry): 217 sales, median £307,000. 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
6an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an 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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