Billesley Primary School
General Information
- Address: Trittiford Road, Billesley, Birmingham, B13 0ES – View on map
- Phone: 01216752800
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Karl Rogerson
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 107 families put it first for 90 places – 12 for every 10 places. 83% of them were 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 10 · 2024 9 · 2025 11 · 2026 12
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 332
- % eligible for free school meals: 49.2%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 52% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 8.5% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 68% moved to another school, 32% 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. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
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: 5.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 16.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- SEN unit for Autism 12 places · 17 pupils at the last count
- Resourced provision for Autism 12 places · 17 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 21.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 87 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 25 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 22 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 20 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 11 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Outstanding 2019 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 73% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 15% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 8 percentage points above the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 72% against an expected 60%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 72%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 83% · Writing 86% · Maths 84% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 86%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 107
- Based on: 86 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 67th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =67Aston Tower Community Primary School73%
- =67Bells Farm Primary School73%
- =67Billesley Primary School73%
- =67Cherry Orchard Primary School73%
- =67Holy Cross Catholic Primary School73%
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1st of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #1Billesley Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #2Lift Lea ForestOutstanding
- #3Lift Percy ShurmerOutstanding
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,704 (2024-25)
68th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #66Marsh Hill Primary School£7,712
- #67Stirchley Primary School£7,705
- #68Billesley Primary School£7,704
- #69Water Mill Primary School£7,696
- #70Yardley Wood Community Primary School£7,679
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