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Four Oaks Primary School

Primary · Sutton Coldfield · B74 4PA

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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

Inspected 4 June 2025

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At a glance

420 pupils · 100% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Foundation school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
7.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
37.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.fouroaksprimary.bham.sch.uk/
URN
131920

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 79 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 1.32 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 767 m (≈0.48 mi); distance decided places in 5 of the 6 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. At its inspection on 4 June 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.32 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 79 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 767 m (≈0.48 mi) for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 767 m (≈0.48 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
93%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
23%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
111
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
112
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 school93%
Median of its 12 closest peers75%
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
St Peter's Catholic Primary SchoolRomford · 111 miles awayGood68%
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary SchoolBurgess Hill · 135 miles awayGood77%
Oakley Vale Primary SchoolCorby · 49 miles awayGood62%
Brindishe Manor SchoolLondon · 112 miles awayOutstanding75%
Green Lanes Primary SchoolHatfield · 89 miles awayGood64%
Hollymount SchoolLondon · 107 miles awayGood84%
All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolDidcot · 73 miles awayNot yet graded75%
St. Walburga's Catholic Primary SchoolBournemouth · 128 miles awayGood98%
Highgate Primary SchoolLondon · 101 miles awayOutstanding80%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolHaywards Heath · 133 miles awayGood67%
Brampton Primary AcademyBexleyheath · 115 miles awayGood72%
St Peter's Catholic Primary SchoolGloucester · 53 miles awayGood75%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 48% (Birmingham 24%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 21% (Birmingham 5%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 8% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 6% (Birmingham 23%, England 5%) · Asian Chinese 5% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Birmingham 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Birmingham 4%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Birmingham 7%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Birmingham 6%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Birmingham 3%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 1% (Birmingham 4%, England 7%) · 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)
3.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.20 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
23.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £60,402; 10.5% 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£6,992
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 71% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 13% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 8% (3%) · catering 9% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £193,310; in-year balance +£35,111

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher39.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work42.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways19.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier71.9%62.3%
Social housing15.3%17.1%
Privately rented12.5%20.5%
Detached houses32.1%22.9%
Flats16.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms27.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van18.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01009419 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£488,000331 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£325,000–£695,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (178)£666,000
Semi-detached (85)£395,000
Terraced (21)£310,000
Flat (47)£157,500

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.77 km, 2026 entry): 208 sales, median £500,000. 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
5an 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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