Four Oaks Primary School
General Information
- Address: Edge Hill Road, Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield, B74 4PA – View on map
- Phone: 01216754040
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Mark Benton
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 79 families put it first for 60 places – 13 for every 10 places. 76% of them were offered a place. 5 of the 60 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 15 · 2024 13 · 2025 14 · 2026 13
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 32
- % eligible for free school meals: 7.6%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (similar to the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 40% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 9.2% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% 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
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: 2.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 3.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 10.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 13 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 8 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Physical disability: 5 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 8 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2025 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 93% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 23% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 28 percentage points above the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 91% against an expected 68%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 91%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 97% · Writing 95% · Maths 97% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 98%
- Average test scores: reading 111, maths 112
- Based on: 60 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 3rd of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =1Cromwell Junior and Infant School97%
- =1The Olive School, Small Heath97%
- =3Four Oaks Primary School93%
- =3St James Catholic Primary School93%
- #5Coppice Primary School92%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,506 (2024-25)
185th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #183Wheelers Lane Primary School£6,541
- #184Hollyfield Primary School£6,525
- #185Four Oaks Primary School£6,506
- #186Oasis Academy Short Heath£6,505
- #187St Brigid's Catholic Primary School£6,499
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