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Yorkswood Primary School

Primary · Birmingham · B37 6DF

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Requires improvement

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: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: Requires improvementPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 1 March 2022

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At a glance

375 pupils · 69% of 540 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
68.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
13.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
20.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.yorkswoodprimary.co.uk
URN
150649

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 42 families named it first for 50 Reception places, 0.84 first choices per place. We hold 9 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2018 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 1 March 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.84 first-choice applications per place

50 places offered · 42 first-choice applications · usually has places

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

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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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
46%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
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 school46%
Median of its 12 closest peers60%
Solihull average68.8%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Glebefields Primary SchoolTipton · 13 miles awayGood46%
Four Acres AcademyBristol · 84 miles awayGood57%
Brougham Primary SchoolHartlepool · 154 miles awayGood70%
Bullion Lane Primary SchoolChester le Street · 163 miles awayGood94%
Simpson's Lane AcademyKnottingley · 86 miles awayOutstanding84%
Woodthorpe Primary SchoolSheffield · 62 miles awayGood63%
Maple Court AcademyStoke-on-Trent · 39 miles awayGood35%
Hollington Primary SchoolSt. Leonards-on-Sea · 149 miles awayExpected standard35%
Beech Hill Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 173 miles awayGood79%
Goldsmith Primary AcademyHarden · 13 miles awayStrong standard75%
Woodhouse West Primary SchoolSheffield · 62 miles awayGood46%
Southwick Community Primary SchoolSouthwick · 169 miles awayGood51%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 69% (Solihull 62%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 8% (Solihull 4%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Solihull 7%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Solihull 1%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 3% (Solihull 7%, England 4%) · Black African 2% (Solihull 2%, England 5%) · Any other White background 2% (Solihull 3%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Solihull 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Solihull 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Solihull 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Solihull 1%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Solihull 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 2%

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)
8.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
32.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

6.96 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Solihull: 2.55 suspensions and 0.02 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
22.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

55% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 17% moved to another state school · 28% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

54.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.8 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 £53,069; 16.7% 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£9,224
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 83% (77%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £269,000; in-year balance +£416,000

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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 higher18.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications28.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work16%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways33.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier37.4%62.3%
Social housing45.5%17.1%
Privately rented17.1%20.5%
Detached houses2.9%22.9%
Flats37.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van35.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010148 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£215,000306 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£180,000–£255,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (17)£325,000
Semi-detached (101)£245,000
Terraced (147)£214,000
Flat (41)£115,000

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
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an 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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