Greenholm Primary School
General Information
- Address: Greenholm Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, B44 8HS – View on map
- Phone: 01214646321
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr James Bird
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 73 families put it first for 76 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 3 of the 76 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 12 · 2024 9 · 2025 12 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 229
- % eligible for free school meals: 36.5%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (similar to the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 24% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 9.9% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 46% moved to another school, 54% 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: 5.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 13.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 15.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 28 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 28 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 22 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 17 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 65% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 5% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 69% against an expected 57%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 69%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 85% · Writing 77% · Maths 76% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 81%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 104
- Based on: 88 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 135th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =126St Chad's Catholic Primary School66%
- =135Brookvale Primary School65%
- =135Greenholm Primary School65%
- =135Highters Heath Community School65%
- =135Kingsland Primary School (NC)65%
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59th of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #57Glenmead Primary SchoolGood
- #58Green Meadow Primary SchoolGood
- #59Greenholm Primary SchoolGood
- #60Grendon Primary SchoolGood
- #61Grestone AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,397 (2024-25)
197th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #195Maney Hill Primary School£6,412
- #196Kings Norton Primary School£6,398
- #197Greenholm Primary School£6,397
- #198Yenton Primary School£6,378
- #199Lakey Lane Primary School£6,374
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