Birchwood Primary School

North Warwickshire · B78 1QU

General information Primary School · 4-11 years Who goes here 451 pupils, 13.1% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted and results

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Birchwood Primary School

General Information

Address: Birchwood Avenue, Dordon, Tamworth, B78 1QU – View on map
Phone: 01827892913
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Neil Coleman
Age range: 4-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 83 families put it first for 60 places – 14 for every 10 places. 71% of them were offered a place. 3 of the 60 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 13 · 2024 11 · 2025 12 · 2026 14
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

451 pupils out of 420 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 59
% eligible for free school meals: 13.1%
Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the North Warwickshire average)
English as an additional language: 4% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 4.9% a year (North Warwickshire 15.4%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
Where they went: about 67% moved to another school, 33% 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

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Across Warwickshire: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 11 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 1
Suspensions for bullying: 27 (0.6 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 4 (0.1 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 Warwickshire (the council area this school is in), 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: 3.4%
Persistently absent pupils: 5.8%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

Resourced provision for Speech, language and communication 8 places · 5 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: 13.1%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.3%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Moderate learning difficulty: 18 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 12 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 12 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 9 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2025 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 65% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 15% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 4 percentage points above the North Warwickshire average (61%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 69% against an expected 66%)
3-year average (expected standard): 69%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 75% · Writing 87% · Maths 78% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 81%
Average test scores: reading 105, maths 104
Based on: 68 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

This schoolNorth Warwickshire averageEngland↘ Falling Down 7 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 4 percentage points above the North Warwickshire average (61%).

Year 6 SATs: 10th of 22 junior and primary schools in the area

=8Outwoods Primary School66%
=8Woodside CofE Primary School66%
#10Birchwood Primary School65%
#11Nursery Hill Primary School63%
#12Curdworth Primary School57%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Austrey CofE Primary School90%
#2Warton Nethersole's CofE Primary School89%
#3St Edward's Catholic Primary School87%
#4Coleshill Church of England Primary School75%
#5St Benedict's Catholic Primary Academy74%
#6Racemeadow Primary Academy71%
#7The Nethersole CofE Academy67%
=8Outwoods Primary School66%
=8Woodside CofE Primary School66%
#10Birchwood Primary School65%
#11Nursery Hill Primary School63%
#12Curdworth Primary School57%
=13Arley Primary Academy54%
=13Kingsbury Primary School54%
=13Newton Regis CofE Primary School54%
#16Shustoke CofE Primary School52%
#17Wood End Primary School50%
#18Dordon Primary School48%
#19High Meadow Community School47%
=20Bournebrook CofE Primary School40%
=20Water Orton Primary School40%
#22Hurley Primary School38%

View full Ofsted inspection report

Financials

Spending per pupil: £5,680 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

22nd of 22 primary schools in North Warwickshire for spending per pupil

#20Curdworth Primary School£5,820
#21Newton Regis CofE Primary School£5,681
#22Birchwood Primary School£5,680

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Bournebrook CofE Primary School£8,035
#2High Meadow Community School£7,650
#3Water Orton Primary School£7,274
#4Shustoke CofE Primary School£7,268
#5Hurley Primary School£7,107
#6St Benedict's Catholic Primary Academy£7,071
#7Nursery Hill Primary School£6,961
#8Outwoods Primary School£6,928
#9Arley Primary Academy£6,913
#10Wood End Primary School£6,851
#11Austrey CofE Primary School£6,843
#12Kingsbury Primary School£6,795
#13Dordon Primary School£6,737
#14Woodside CofE Primary School£6,033
#15St Edward's Catholic Primary School£6,030
#16Warton Nethersole's CofE Primary School£5,965
#17The Nethersole CofE Academy£5,956
#18Racemeadow Primary Academy£5,838
#19Coleshill Church of England Primary School£5,828
#20Curdworth Primary School£5,820
#21Newton Regis CofE Primary School£5,681
#22Birchwood Primary School£5,680

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