Bournville School
General Information
- Address: Hay Green Lane, Birmingham, B30 1SH – View on map
- Phone: 01214753881
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Simon Mallett
- Age range: 4-16 years
- Demand for places (Year 7, September 2026): 20 families put it first for 50 places – 4 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 4 · 2024 3 · 2025 4 · 2026 4
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 14 families put it first for 16 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 8 · 2024 9 · 2025 8 · 2026 9
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 436
- % eligible for free school meals: 66.4%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 28% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 23% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 15.5%)
- Where they went: about 62% moved to another school, 38% 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: 108 (1.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 2
- Suspensions for bullying: 152 (1.7 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 47 (0.5 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state secondary 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: 11.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 35.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for Hearing impairment 13 places · 10 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: 20.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 52 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 31 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 22 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 18 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Requires improvement 2024 report
- Attainment 8 score: 36.5
- Compared with the area: 11.2 points below the Birmingham average (47.7)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (−2.0 points against an expected 38.5)
- Grade 4+ in English and maths: 48% (Birmingham 66%, England 65%) Improving
- Data year: 2024/25
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GCSE results over time
77th of 85 all-through schools in Birmingham for Attainment 8
- #75Turves Green Boys' School37.3
- #76Ark Kings Academy36.5
- #77Bournville School36.5
- #78City Academy36.4
- #79Tile Cross Academy35.6
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Leaver Destinations
- In education, employment, or training a year later: 78.0%
- Went into further education: 75.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
GCSE Subjects Offered
- Maths (General)
- English Language
- English Literature
- Science Double Award
- History
- Art & Design
- Business Studies
- Geography
- Religious Studies
- Computer Science
- Physics (General)
- Biology
- Chemistry (General)
- Food Technology
- Spanish
- Community Development
- Statistics
- French Language
- Chinese
- Persian Language
- Urdu
- Russian
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 54% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 11 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 45% against an expected 56%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 45%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 76% · Writing 64% · Maths 69% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 72%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 103
- Based on: 29 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
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SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 212th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =207St John's CofE Primary School55%
- =207Star King Solomon Academy55%
- =212Bournville School54%
- =212Conway Primary School54%
- =212James Watt Primary School54%
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View full Ofsted inspection report
63rd of 64 all-through schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #61Waverley Studio CollegeGood
- #62Yardleys SchoolGood
- #63Bournville SchoolRequires improvement
- #64Christ Church, Church of England Secondary AcademyRequires improvement
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,577 (2024-25)
55th of 88 all-through schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #53Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham£7,708
- #54Erdington Academy£7,650
- #55Bournville School£7,577
- #56E-ACT Heartlands Academy£7,571
- #57King Edward VI Aston School£7,567
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