Kitwell Primary School
General Information
- Address: Wychbury Road, Bartley Green, Birmingham, B32 4DL – View on map
- Phone: 01214760694
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs S M Shevels
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 13 families put it first for 13 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 8 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 122
- % eligible for free school meals: 70.1%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (less mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 16% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 22.1% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 17% moved to another school, 83% 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
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: 8.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 20.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 33.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 21 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 18 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 16 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 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: 53% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 12 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 48% against an expected 55%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 48%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 63% · Writing 63% · Maths 63% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 60%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 102
- Based on: 30 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 216th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =216Grove School53%
- =216Holy Trinity CE Primary Academy (Handsworth)53%
- =216Kitwell Primary School53%
- =216Rookery School53%
- =216Springfield Primary Academy53%
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81st of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #79Kingsland Primary School (NC)Good
- #80Kingsthorne Primary SchoolGood
- #81Kitwell Primary SchoolGood
- #82Ladypool Primary SchoolGood
- #83Lift Four Dwellings PrimaryGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,655 (2024-25)
19th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #17St Patrick and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School£8,880
- #18St Paul's Catholic Primary School£8,867
- #19Kitwell Primary School£8,655
- #20Regents Park Community Primary School£8,571
- #21Woodcock Hill Primary School£8,490
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