Oasis Academy Blakenhale Junior
General Information
- Address: Homestead Road, Garretts Green, Birmingham, B33 0XG – View on map
- Phone: 01217833960
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Ms Farzana Ahmed
- Age range: 7-11 years
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 199
- % eligible for free school meals: 60.3%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 36% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 27% 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: 5.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 10.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 16.7%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 15 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 15 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 13 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 9 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2019 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 71% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 10% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 6 percentage points above the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 64% against an expected 54%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 64%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 88% · Writing 80% · Maths 90% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 85%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 106
- Based on: 89 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 86th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =78Sutton Park Primary72%
- =86Barr View Primary & Nursery Academy71%
- =86Oasis Academy Blakenhale Junior71%
- =86St Francis Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery71%
- =86St James Church of England Primary School, Handsworth71%
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5th of 11 junior schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #3Colmore Junior SchoolGood
- #4Lyndon Green Junior SchoolGood
- #5Oasis Academy Blakenhale JuniorGood
- #6Princethorpe Junior SchoolGood
- #7Reaside AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,576 (2024-25)
12th of 14 junior schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #10Boldmere Junior School£6,851
- #11Colmore Junior School£6,847
- #12Oasis Academy Blakenhale Junior£6,576
- #13Walmley Junior School£6,304
- #14Broadmeadow Junior School£1,067
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