Bordesley Green Primary School

About Bordesley Green Primary School

Bordesley Green Primary School holds a Good rating from Ofsted following its most recent inspection in 2023, a grade it has maintained consistently across both its graded inspections. The school’s overall effectiveness, quality of education, early years provision, personal development, behaviour and attitudes, and leadership and management all received a Good judgement. However, the most telling academic metric is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined at Key Stage 2, which stands at 44 per cent. This is significantly below the Birmingham local authority average of 63 per cent, placing the school in the bottom half of primary schools nationally, at the 87th percentile. While the school’s average scores in reading and maths both sit at 101, the proportion of pupils achieving the higher standard in these subjects is low, with 16 per cent in reading and 12 per cent in maths, and no pupils reaching the higher standard in writing.

Looking more closely at the Key Stage 2 results from the 2023/24 academic year, individual subject performance shows a mixed picture. In reading and maths, 57 per cent of pupils met the expected standard, while in writing the figure was slightly higher at 63 per cent. These subject-level figures are closer to the local average than the combined measure, suggesting that many pupils are meeting the expected standard in individual subjects but not across all three simultaneously. The school’s Progress 8 scores are not available, so it is not possible to assess how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points. In the Birmingham local authority ranking, Bordesley Green sits at 234 out of 254 primary schools, placing it in the bottom 50 per cent of schools in the area. For families prioritising strong academic outcomes, the data indicates that the school faces challenges in moving a significant proportion of pupils through the combined expected standard.

Bordesley Green Primary School is a large, three-form entry state school with a nursery provision, catering for children aged 3 to 11. It is heavily oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 academic year, there were 196 applications for 82 places, with 76 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.39. The school serves a community with high levels of disadvantage, as 52.5 per cent of pupils are eligible for free school meals. Facilities include an outdoor playground, art studios, an ICT suite, a library, a dining hall, playing fields and a chapel. The school offers a range of sports including swimming, athletics, netball and dance, and clubs such as art, coding, science and chess. SEND provision is broad, covering moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, hearing impairment, physical disability, autistic spectrum disorder and other difficulties. This school may suit families who value a strong pastoral and SEND support framework within a diverse, inner-city setting, and who are comfortable with academic outcomes that are below the local average.

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