St George's Church of England Primary School

About St George's Church of England Primary School

St George’s Church of England Primary School in Birmingham holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained across both its most recent inspections in 2022 and 2015. The 2022 report awarded Good across every category: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. On the most widely watched primary benchmark — the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths — the school achieved 57 per cent. That figure sits six points below the Birmingham local authority average of 63 per cent, placing St George’s 170th out of 292 primary schools in the area and in the bottom half nationally. The school’s ranking score of 57 puts it well behind the top local performers such as Little Sutton Primary School, which scored 95. Still, the data tells a more nuanced story when you look at individual subjects.

In reading, 70 per cent of pupils met the expected standard, with an average scaled score of 102. Writing fared better still, with 77 per cent reaching the expected level and 20 per cent achieving the higher standard. Maths saw 63 per cent at the expected level and an average score of 101, though only 13 per cent reached the higher threshold. The combined reading, writing and maths higher standard was just three per cent, a figure that reflects the school’s intake: nearly 60 per cent of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the national average. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is hard to say how much value the school adds relative to starting points, but the individual subject results suggest writing is a relative strength while maths attainment at the top end remains a challenge.

St George’s is a Church of England primary with 211 pupils, just under its capacity of 216, and it is oversubscribed: for 30 places in the 2025/26 intake, there were 99 applications and 24 first-preference offers, giving an oversubscription ratio of 3.3. The school offers a broad set of facilities including a sports hall, gymnasium, playing fields, art studios, music rooms, a sensory room and a chapel. Clubs range from coding and chess to gardening and choir, and sports include swimming, netball, tennis and cricket. SEND provision is well developed, covering dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, speech and language needs, autism, hearing impairment and social, emotional and mental health support. This is a school that serves a high-poverty community with solid but not outstanding results, and its oversubscription suggests it is well regarded locally, particularly by families who value its inclusive SEND offer and church foundation.

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