Bordesley Village Primary School
General Information
- Address: Emmeline Street, Bordesley Village, Birmingham, B9 4NG – View on map
- Phone: 01216751392
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Rubina Darr
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 27 families put it first for 28 places – 10 for every 10 places. 96% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 173
- % eligible for free school meals: 59.5%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 64% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 37% 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: 6.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 19.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 19.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 17 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 13 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 9 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 6 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Ofsted report card March 2026
Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.
- Safeguarding Met
- Inclusion Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching Strong standard
- Achievement Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing Strong standard
- Early years Strong standard
- Leadership and governance Strong standard
Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Good (2021). The report card above replaces that grade.
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 91% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 12% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 26 percentage points above the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 74% against an expected 57%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 74%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 98% · Writing 93% · Maths 93% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 93%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 107
- Based on: 43 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: 6th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =3St James Catholic Primary School93%
- #5Coppice Primary School92%
- #6Bordesley Village Primary School91%
- #7St Joseph's Catholic Primary School90%
- =8Little Sutton Primary School88%
Click to see the full ranking
Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,360 (2024-25)
101st of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #99Cromwell Junior and Infant School£7,390
- #100St Gerard's Catholic Primary School£7,362
- #101Bordesley Village Primary School£7,360
- #102Kings Rise Academy£7,355
- #103Lift Four Dwellings Primary£7,346
Click to see the full ranking
View on the Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool (GOV.UK)