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Deykin Avenue Junior and Infant School

Primary · Birmingham · B6 7BU

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Inadequate

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.

Ofsted placed this school in a statutory category of concern, special measures, at the inspection of 21 March 2023. It stands until a later inspection lifts it.

Quality of education: InadequateBehaviour & attitudes: Requires improvementPersonal development: Requires improvementLeadership & management: InadequateSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 21 March 2023

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At a glance

170 pupils · 81% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
70% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
73.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
22.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://deykin.atlp.org.uk/
URN
150709

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 10 families named it first for 13 Reception places, 0.77 first choices per place. We hold 6 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2021 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Inadequate on 21 March 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.77 first-choice applications per place

13 places offered · 10 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
48%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
101
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
100
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 school48%
Median of its 12 closest peers57.5%
Birmingham average64.5%
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
Spon Gate Primary SchoolCoventry · 17 miles awayGood46%
St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, HandsworthBirmingham · 2 miles awayOutstanding77%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolBirmingham · 1 miles awayGood57%
Cottons Farm Primary AcademyDerby · 30 miles awayGood42%
Sacred Heart Catholic SchoolBirmingham · 1 miles awayExpected standard58%
Redhill Primary SchoolBirmingham · 4 miles awayGood59%
St Peter's Catholic AcademyStoke-on-Trent · 38 miles awayOutstanding53%
Hawley Primary SchoolLondon · 100 miles awayGood41%
Bordesley Village Primary SchoolBirmingham · 3 miles awayStrong standard91%
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool · 76 miles awayExpected standard62%
Firs Primary SchoolBirmingham · 3 miles awayNeeds attention48%
Burley St Matthias Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolLeeds · 90 miles awayGood67%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Pakistani 26% (Birmingham 23%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 22% (Birmingham 6%, England 2%) · Black African 16% (Birmingham 10%, England 5%) · Any other White background 10% (Birmingham 4%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 6% (Birmingham 7%, England 3%) · White Gypsy/Roma 4% (Birmingham 1%, England 0%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Birmingham 4%, England 3%) · White British 3% (Birmingham 24%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Birmingham 3%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Birmingham 5%, England 4%) · Not recorded 1% (Birmingham 2%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Birmingham 1%, England 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)
6.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
19.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.92 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
21.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

53% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 47% 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)

41.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.4 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 £44,682; 22.2% 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£5,014
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 91% (77%) · premises 0% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 0% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 0% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£676,000

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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 higher19.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications31.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work12.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways24.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier45.7%62.3%
Social housing9.5%17.1%
Privately rented43.9%20.5%
Detached houses5.7%22.9%
Flats9.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms10%21.1%
Households with no car or van38.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01008915 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£145,000158 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£110,000–£185,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (13)£205,000
Terraced (82)£167,500
Flat (59)£100,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of 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
6an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
37an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
7an 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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