The Oaks Primary School
General Information
- Address: Bells Lane, Druids Heath, Birmingham, B14 5RY – View on map
- Phone: 01214646272
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Katharine Baggley
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 20 families put it first for 22 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2024 10 · 2025 8 · 2026 9
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 212
- % eligible for free school meals: 85.5%
- 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: 22.8% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 33% moved to another school, 67% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 2 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: 6.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 21.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 26.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.7%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 25 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 24 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 19 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
An Ofsted rating for this school hasn't been added yet.
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 58% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 11% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 7 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 63% against an expected 50%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 63%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 71% · Writing 73% · Maths 71% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 73%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 103
- Based on: 55 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 187th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =187St Edward's Catholic Primary School58%
- =187Stechford Primary School58%
- =187The Oaks Primary School58%
- =187Welford Primary School58%
- =187Yarnfield Primary School58%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,191 (2024-25)
36th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #34St John's & St Peter's CofE Primary£8,252
- #35Anglesey Primary School£8,231
- #36The Oaks Primary School£8,191
- #37New Hall Primary School£8,185
- #38Pegasus Primary School£8,183
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