The Oaklands Primary School
General Information
- Address: Dolphin Lane, Acocks Green, Birmingham, B27 7BT – View on map
- Phone: 01217062168
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr David Barker
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 28 families put it first for 34 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 34 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 8 · 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 227
- % eligible for free school meals: 57.6%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 30% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 19.1% 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: 6.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 16.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 18.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.7%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 36 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 13 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 10 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2018 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 62% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 8% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 3 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 54% against an expected 58%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 54%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 68% · Writing 78% · Maths 68% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 70%
- 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 155th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =155Oasis Academy Foundry62%
- =155St George's Church of England Primary School62%
- =155The Oaklands Primary School62%
- =155Yenton Primary School62%
- =163English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School61%
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163rd of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #161Sutton Park PrimaryGood
- #162Tame Valley AcademyGood
- #163The Oaklands Primary SchoolGood
- #164The Orchards Primary AcademyGood
- #165The Oval SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,637 (2024-25)
177th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #175Acocks Green Primary School£6,643
- #176Bordesley Green Primary School£6,639
- #177The Oaklands Primary School£6,637
- #178Lift Montgomery£6,636
- #179St James Catholic Primary School£6,614
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