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Little Sutton Primary School

Primary · Sutton Coldfield · B75 5NL

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Outstanding

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 16 July 2024

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At a glance

420 pupils · 103% of 408 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Foundation school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
6.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
10.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
8.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.littlesu.org
URN
103388

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 76 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 1.27 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 573 m (≈0.36 mi); distance decided places in 5 of the 6 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 16 July 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 2.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.27 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 76 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 573 m (≈0.36 mi) for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 573 m (≈0.36 mi)

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
88%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
15%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
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 school88%
Median of its 12 closest peers83.5%
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
Bramhope Primary SchoolLeeds · 89 miles awayOutstanding79%
Pownall Green Primary SchoolStockport · 55 miles awayGood83%
The Deanery Church of England Primary SchoolSutton Coldfield · 4 miles awayOutstanding75%
Birdwell Primary SchoolBristol · 88 miles awayExpected standard84%
Knowle Church of England Primary AcademySolihull · 14 miles awayGood73%
St Andrew's CofE Primary SchoolManchester · 68 miles awayOutstanding84%
Green Lane Primary AcademyLeeds · 85 miles awayOutstanding83%
St Peter's Catholic Primary SchoolBillericay · 117 miles awayOutstanding96%
Preston Hedges Primary SchoolNorthampton · 48 miles awayOutstanding81%
Lady Boswell's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, SevenoaksSevenoaks · 125 miles awayStrong standard84%
Leasowes Primary SchoolStafford · 18 miles awayOutstanding86%
Langton Green Primary SchoolTunbridge Wells · 133 miles awayGood88%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 54% (Birmingham 24%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 17% (Birmingham 5%, England 4%) · Asian Chinese 10% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Birmingham 23%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Birmingham 4%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Birmingham 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 1% (Birmingham 4%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Birmingham 7%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Birmingham 2%, 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)
2.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
0.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.71 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
23.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

95% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% 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 2024 census)

30% of teachers took sickness absence, 2 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 £48,562; 19% 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£7,731
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 61% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 25% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 19% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £1,020,086; in-year balance +£395,767

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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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher44.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications8.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work49.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health59%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier80.6%62.3%
Social housing5%17.1%
Privately rented14.4%20.5%
Detached houses51.4%22.9%
Flats5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms46.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01009416 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£397,500276 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£319,000–£500,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (96)£502,500
Semi-detached (123)£380,000
Terraced (44)£298,000
Flat (13)£180,000

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 (0.57 km, 2026 entry): 150 sales, median £392,000. 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

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
0an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an 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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