Dosthill Primary School

Tamworth · B77 1LQ

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 468 pupils, 13.5% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted and results

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Dosthill Primary School

General Information

Address: High Street, Dosthill, Tamworth, B77 1LQ – View on map
Phone: 01827214930
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Richard Gould
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 66 families put it first for 70 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 70 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

468 pupils out of 630 places Plenty of room

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 63
% eligible for free school meals: 13.5%
Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Tamworth average)
English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 12% a year (Tamworth 13.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 75% moved to another school, 25% 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

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Staffordshire: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 12 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 1
Suspensions for bullying: 8 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (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 Staffordshire (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: 4.4%
Persistently absent pupils: 9.8%
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

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 10.7%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.9%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Moderate learning difficulty: 16 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 14 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 10 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Moderate learning difficulty: 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 2024 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: 66% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 10% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 8 percentage points above the Tamworth average (58%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 60% against an expected 68%)
3-year average (expected standard): 60%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 78% · Writing 84% · Maths 72% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 75%
Average test scores: reading 105, maths 104
Based on: 79 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 schoolTamworth averageEngland↗ Improving Up 5 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 8 percentage points above the Tamworth average (58%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 3rd of 19 junior and primary schools in the area

#1Lakeside Primary School77%
#2Glascote Academy67%
=3Dosthill Primary School66%
=3Flax Hill Junior Academy66%
=5Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School64%

Click to see the full ranking

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

#1Lakeside Primary School77%
#2Glascote Academy67%
=3Dosthill Primary School66%
=3Flax Hill Junior Academy66%
=5Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School64%
=5Three Peaks Primary Academy64%
=7Bird's Bush Primary School63%
=7Stoneydelph Primary School63%
#9Moorgate Primary Academy59%
#10Coton Green Primary School58%
#11The Woodlands Community Primary School56%
=12Ankermoor Primary Academy54%
=12Landau Forte Academy Greenacres54%
#14William MacGregor Primary School50%
#15Wilnecote Junior Academy49%
#16Amington Heath Primary School and Nursery47%
#17St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School46%
#18Two Gates Primary School42%
#19Florendine Primary School40%

View full Ofsted inspection report

Financials

Spending per pupil: £5,384 (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.

19th of 21 primary schools in Tamworth for spending per pupil

#17Glascote Academy£5,975
#18The Woodlands Community Primary School£5,904
#19Dosthill Primary School£5,384
#20William MacGregor Primary School£5,329
#21Coton Green Primary School£4,893

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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

#1Garden Village Primary Academy£18,700
#2Dunstall Park Primary School£12,300
#3Oakhill Primary School£10,620
#4Amington Heath Primary School and Nursery£9,095
#5Anker Valley Primary Academy£8,878
#6Bird's Bush Primary School£8,295
#7Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School£8,133
#8Ankermoor Primary Academy£7,747
#9Stoneydelph Primary School£7,073
#10St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School£6,827
#11Three Peaks Primary Academy£6,582
#12Moorgate Primary Academy£6,531
#13Florendine Primary School£6,356
#14Two Gates Primary School£6,263
#15Lakeside Primary School£6,173
#16Landau Forte Academy Greenacres£5,989
#17Glascote Academy£5,975
#18The Woodlands Community Primary School£5,904
#19Dosthill Primary School£5,384
#20William MacGregor Primary School£5,329
#21Coton Green Primary School£4,893

View on the Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool (GOV.UK)

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