Grestone Academy
General Information
- Address: Grestone Avenue, Handsworth Wood, Birmingham, B20 1ND – View on map
- Phone: 01216756787
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Deborah Steen
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 37 families put it first for 37 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 37 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 154
- % eligible for free school meals: 47.7%
- Pupil mix: 9 in 10 (more mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 75% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 35.3% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 37% moved to another school, 63% 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: 7.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 20.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 12.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 13 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 13 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 9 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 61% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 4% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 4 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 52% against an expected 62%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 52%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 66% · Writing 75% · Maths 79% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 73%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 105
- Based on: 56 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 163rd of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =155Yenton Primary School62%
- =163English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School61%
- =163Grestone Academy61%
- =163Nansen Primary School61%
- =163Reaside Academy61%
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61st of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #59Greenholm Primary SchoolGood
- #60Grendon Primary SchoolGood
- #61Grestone AcademyGood
- #62Grove SchoolGood
- #63Guardian Angels Catholic Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,322 (2024-25)
106th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #104Chandos Primary School£7,338
- #105SS John and Monica Catholic Primary School£7,325
- #106Grestone Academy£7,322
- #107St Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School£7,304
- #108Ward End Primary School£7,301
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