Blakesley Hall Primary School
General Information
- Address: Yardley Green Road, Stechford, Birmingham, B33 8TH – View on map
- Phone: 01217832148
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Pamela Key
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 30 families put it first for 35 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 275
- % eligible for free school meals: 59.5%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (similar to the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 65% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 26% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 17% moved to another school, 83% 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: 10.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 34.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for AutismSpeech, language and communication 15 places · 15 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: 16.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 28 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 14 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 12 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 15 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Specific learning difficulty: 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: 43% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 22 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 45% against an expected 59%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 45%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 57% · Writing 61% · Maths 56% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 67%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 100
- Based on: 87 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 246th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =243Marsh Hill Primary School44%
- =243Wyndcliffe Primary School44%
- =246Blakesley Hall Primary School43%
- =246Gunter Primary School43%
- =246Sundridge Primary School43%
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33rd of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #31Bells Farm Primary SchoolGood
- #32Birchfield Primary SchoolGood
- #33Blakesley Hall Primary SchoolGood
- #34Bordesley Green Primary SchoolGood
- #35Bournville Village PrimaryGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £9,103 (2024-25)
14th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #12Hawthorn Primary School£9,142
- #13St Anne's Catholic Primary School£9,130
- #14Blakesley Hall Primary School£9,103
- #15St Chad's Catholic Primary School£9,020
- #16Wyndcliffe Primary School£8,971
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