Marsh Hill Primary School
General Information
- Address: Marsh Hill, Erdington, Birmingham, B23 7HY – View on map
- Phone: 01214642920
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr John Cusack
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 68 families put it first for 60 places – 11 for every 10 places. 85% 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 11 · 2024 10 · 2025 11 · 2026 11
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 215
- % eligible for free school meals: 51.8%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 24% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 16.4% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 47% moved to another school, 53% 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: 6.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 17.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 24 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 21 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 14 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Specific 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: 44% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 21 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 57% against an expected 55%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 57%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 61% · Writing 58% · Maths 60% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 67%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 101
- 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 243rd of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =240Woodcock Hill Primary School45%
- =243Mansfield Green E-ACT Academy44%
- =243Marsh Hill Primary School44%
- =243Wyndcliffe Primary School44%
- =246Blakesley Hall Primary School43%
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90th of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #88Mapledene Primary SchoolGood
- #89Marlborough Primary SchoolGood
- #90Marsh Hill Primary SchoolGood
- #91Maryvale Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #92Merritts Brook Primary E-ACT AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,712 (2024-25)
66th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #64Aston Tower Community Primary School£7,723
- #65Stanville Primary School£7,722
- #66Marsh Hill Primary School£7,712
- #67Stirchley Primary School£7,705
- #68Billesley Primary School£7,704
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