Arden Primary School
General Information
- Address: Baker Street, Sparkhill, Birmingham, B11 4SF – View on map
- Phone: 01216757702
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Gurjit Shergill
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 81 families put it first for 90 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 2 of the 90 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 375
- % eligible for free school meals: 59.5%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (less mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 53% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 17% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 24% moved to another school, 76% 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: 6.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 18.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 16.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 46 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 40 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 11 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 9 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 78% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 6% (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 78% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 78%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 88% · Writing 80% · Maths 94% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 91%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 109
- Based on: 89 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
- =37Acocks Green Primary School78%
- =37Al-Furqan Primary School78%
- =37Arden Primary School78%
- =37Ark Tindal Primary Academy78%
- =37Hill West Primary School78%
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View full Ofsted inspection report
23rd of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #21Anderton Park Primary SchoolGood
- #22Anglesey Primary SchoolGood
- #23Arden Primary SchoolGood
- #24Ark Tindal Primary AcademyGood
- #25Aston Tower Community Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,410 (2024-25)
98th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #96Christ The King Catholic Primary School£7,411
- #97Somerville Primary (NC) School£7,411
- #98Arden Primary School£7,410
- #99Cromwell Junior and Infant School£7,390
- #100St Gerard's Catholic Primary School£7,362
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