Grendon Primary School
General Information
- Address: Grendon Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 4RB – View on map
- Phone: 01214742460
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Helen Ridley
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 34 families put it first for 30 places – 11 for every 10 places. 88% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 17 · 2024 14 · 2025 12 · 2026 11
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 166
- % eligible for free school meals: 53.7%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (similar to the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 27% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 16.3% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 12% moved to another school, 88% 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: 6.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 17.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 26.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 27 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 25 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 15 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 11 pupils
- Physical disability: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2015 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 58% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 7 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 59% against an expected 54%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 59%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 68% · Writing 72% · Maths 72% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 72%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 104
- Based on: 57 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 187th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =180Turves Green Primary School59%
- =180Wheelers Lane Primary School59%
- =187Grendon Primary School58%
- =187Sacred Heart Catholic School58%
- =187St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School58%
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60th of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #58Green Meadow Primary SchoolGood
- #59Greenholm Primary SchoolGood
- #60Grendon Primary SchoolGood
- #61Grestone AcademyGood
- #62Grove SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,336 (2024-25)
27th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #25Park Hill Primary School£8,422
- #26Tiverton Academy£8,367
- #27Grendon Primary School£8,336
- #28Christ Church CofE Controlled Primary School and Nursery£8,334
- #29St Cuthbert's RC Junior and Infant (NC) School£8,308
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