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Grendon Primary School

Birmingham, B14 4RBPrimaryAges 4–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Nov 2024
KS2 Results
68%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
1.2×
Oversubscribed
37 1st-choice / 30 places
Ranking
#4,858
of 13,686 nationally

About Grendon Primary School

Grendon Primary School sits within the Birmingham local authority, a large and diverse area for primary education. Among the 254 state primary schools ranked in the LA, Grendon places 88th, placing it comfortably in the top half. Its ranking score of 68 puts it behind the top-performing local peers such as Little Sutton Primary School (score 95), Cromwell Junior and Infant School (93), and Lift Lea Forest (93), but it still holds its own in a competitive landscape. The school is a mixed, non-religious state primary for children aged 4 to 11, with a capacity of 390 and currently 333 pupils on roll. It is led by headteacher Helen Ridley and was rated Good in its most recent graded Ofsted inspection, a rating it has maintained consistently across its previous inspections. The school is significantly oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 academic year, it received 106 applications for just 30 places, with 37 of those as first preferences, resulting in an oversubscription ratio of 3.53.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterDoes not apply
AddressGrendon Road, Birmingham, Birmingham, B14 4RB
HeadteacherHelen Ridley
Local AuthorityBirmingham
Number of Pupils333
Free School Meals (FSM)54.7%
School Capacity333 / 390 (85% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

20 Nov 2024
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Leadership & Management
Good
Early Years Provision
Good

Latest monitoring visit (20 Nov 2024): Standards maintained

Source: Ofsted, 13 May 2015. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

Facilities

9
LibraryPlaying FieldsDining HallForest SchoolArt StudiosSports HallOutdoor PlaygroundSensory RoomChapel

Facilities may vary. Contact the school for current availability.

Extracurriculars

8

Sports

RoundersFootballCricketSwimmingDance

Clubs & Activities

Science ClubCodingBook Club

Activities may vary by term. Contact the school for current offerings.

SEND Support

AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguagePhysicalLearning DifficultyMulti-SensoryOther

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

School day

Verified

Teaching hours

09:00 – 15:15

Source: grendon.bham.sch.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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Grendon Primary School has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.