Al-Furqan Primary School
General Information
- Address: Reddings Lane, Tyseley, Birmingham, B11 3EY – View on map
- Phone: 01217772222
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Sue Barratt Mrs Sadyah Yafai
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 108 families put it first for 90 places – 12 for every 10 places. 69% of them were offered a place. 1 of the 90 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 13 · 2024 14 · 2025 13 · 2026 12
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Muslim
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 309
- % eligible for free school meals: 49.1%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (less mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 74% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 19.9% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 5% moved to another school, 95% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Birmingham: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 21 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 2
- Suspensions for bullying: 38 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 4 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Birmingham, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 6.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 19.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 9.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 43 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 13 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 8 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 78% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 16% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 13 percentage points above the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 76% against an expected 60%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 76%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 89% · Writing 83% · Maths 88% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 86%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 108
- Based on: 90 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 37th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =32Whitehouse Common Primary School79%
- =37Acocks Green Primary School78%
- =37Al-Furqan Primary School78%
- =37Arden Primary School78%
- =37Ark Tindal Primary Academy78%
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19th of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #17Acocks Green Primary SchoolGood
- #18Adderley Primary SchoolGood
- #19Al-Furqan Primary SchoolGood
- #20Alston Primary SchoolGood
- #21Anderton Park Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,322 (2024-25)
207th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #205Canterbury Cross Primary School£6,334
- #206Wylde Green Primary School£6,323
- #207Al-Furqan Primary School£6,322
- #208St Mary's Church of England Primary School£6,321
- #209Paget Primary School£6,316
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