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Princethorpe Junior School

Primary · Birmingham · B29 5QB

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Good

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: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 27 June 2023

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At a glance

231 pupils · 96% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
7–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
71.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
31.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
24.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.princethorpe.drbignitemat.org
URN
146817

In figures

Ofsted last graded it Good on 27 June 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
83%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
5%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
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 school83%
Median of its 12 closest peers52.5%
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
Cathcart Street Primary SchoolWirral · 80 miles awayNeeds attention26%
Wychall Primary SchoolBirmingham · 2 miles awayGood50%
Blackpool Gateway AcademyBlackpool · 104 miles awayNeeds attention44%
Woodcock Hill Primary SchoolBirmingham · under 1 mile awayGood45%
Bushbury Hill Primary SchoolWolverhampton · 14 miles awayNeeds attention53%
St Barnabas CofE Primary AcademyManchester · 72 miles awayGood77%
Fell Dyke Community Primary SchoolGateshead · 173 miles awayGood55%
Holy Cross Catholic Primary SchoolBirkenhead · 81 miles awayGood73%
St Ambrose Catholic AcademyLiverpool · 72 miles awayGood72%
Northdown Primary SchoolMargate · 161 miles awayGood52%
Nonsuch Primary SchoolBirmingham · 1 miles awayNeeds attention52%
Simonside Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 178 miles awayGood63%

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: SEN unit.

SEN unit
16 of 16 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 49% (Birmingham 24%, England 60%) · Black African 17% (Birmingham 10%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 7% (Birmingham 7%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 7% (Birmingham 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 4% (Birmingham 4%, England 7%) · Asian Pakistani 3% (Birmingham 23%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Birmingham 4%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 2% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Birmingham 3%, England 1%) · Not recorded 2% (Birmingham 2%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Birmingham 5%, England 4%) · 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)
6.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
20.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

21.01 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · 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
17.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

78% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 22% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 7.58% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

64.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 11.1 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 £50,251; 21.4% 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 (2024-25)

This school£7,576
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 86% (77%) · premises 2% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 4% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£321,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher25.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications26.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work17.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways33.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health44.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier42.1%62.3%
Social housing32.6%17.1%
Privately rented25.1%20.5%
Detached houses3%22.9%
Flats13.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms5.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van37.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01009501 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£215,000281 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£190,000–£294,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (17)£390,000
Semi-detached (128)£231,500
Terraced (127)£205,000
Flat (9)£60,000

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

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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
20an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
5an 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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