St John's CofE Primary School
General Information
- Address: Stratford Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham, B11 4EA – View on map
- Phone: 01216751469
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Naomi Hedges
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 56 families put it first for 60 places – 9 for every 10 places. 91% 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 10 · 2024 11 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 225
- % eligible for free school meals: 54.5%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (less mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 87% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 27.5% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 21% moved to another school, 79% 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: 6.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 19.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 24.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 47 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 26 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 17 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 12 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 12 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2025 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 55% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 2% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 10 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 59% against an expected 57%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 59%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 58% · Writing 67% · Maths 65% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 57%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 103
- Based on: 60 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 207th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =207Hodge Hill Primary School55%
- =207Our Lady's Catholic Primary School55%
- =207St John's CofE Primary School55%
- =207Star King Solomon Academy55%
- =212Bournville School54%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,205 (2024-25)
117th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #115Westminster Primary School£7,234
- #116Shaw Hill Primary School£7,220
- #117St John's CofE Primary School£7,205
- #118E-ACT Nechells Academy£7,202
- #119St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School£7,198
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