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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

415 pupils out of 420 places At or near capacity
  • 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.

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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

SATs results over time

2022/232023/242024/2566%62%44%
This schoolBirmingham averageEngland Falling Down 22 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 21 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%).

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Financials

Spending per pupil: £7,712 (2024-25)

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