Gilbertstone Primary School
General Information
- Address: Clay Lane, Birmingham, B26 1EH – View on map
- Phone: 01214644664
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Karen O'Reilly
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 44 families put it first for 55 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 4 of the 55 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 8
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 162
- % eligible for free school meals: 39.4%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (similar to the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 27% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 12.5% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 57% moved to another school, 43% 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: 5.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 13.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 25.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 45 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 22 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 20 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Other difficulty or disability: 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: 70% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 13% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 5 percentage points above the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 69% against an expected 60%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 69%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 82% · Writing 72% · Maths 87% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 83%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 109
- 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 92nd of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =92Audley Primary School70%
- =92Colmers Farm Primary School70%
- =92Gilbertstone Primary School70%
- =92Moor Green Primary Academy70%
- =92Oasis Academy Hobmoor70%
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56th of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #54Featherstone Primary SchoolGood
- #55Forestdale Primary SchoolGood
- #56Gilbertstone Primary SchoolGood
- #57Glenmead Primary SchoolGood
- #58Green Meadow Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,755 (2024-25)
164th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #162Hawkesley Church Primary Academy£6,781
- #163Raddlebarn Primary School£6,756
- #164Gilbertstone Primary School£6,755
- #165Highfield Junior and Infant School£6,750
- #166Yardley Primary School£6,747
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