The Olive School, Birmingham
General Information
- Address: 215 Reddings Lane, Birmingham, B11 3EY – View on map
- Phone: 01216577100
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Ms Rifat Batool
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 224 families put it first for 90 places – 25 for every 10 places. 40% of them were offered a place. 2 of the 90 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 20 · 2024 26 · 2025 21 · 2026 25
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Muslim
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 291
- % eligible for free school meals: 46.1%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (less mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 41% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 8.6% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 13% moved to another school, 87% 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. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
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: 5.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 13.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 10.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 39 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 13 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 4 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Outstanding 2019 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 88% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 30% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 23 percentage points above the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 87% against an expected 63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 87%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 91% · Writing 93% · Maths 93% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 83%
- Average test scores: reading 111, maths 110
- 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 8th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- #7St Joseph's Catholic Primary School90%
- =8Little Sutton Primary School88%
- =8The Olive School, Birmingham88%
- #10The Shirestone Academy87%
- #11Lift Percy Shurmer86%
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12th of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #10St James Catholic Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #11St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, HandsworthOutstanding
- #12The Olive School, BirminghamOutstanding
- #13The Olive School, Small HeathOutstanding
- #14The Shirestone AcademyOutstanding
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,083 (2024-25)
221st of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #219The Deanery Church of England Primary School£6,143
- #220Bournville Village Primary£6,130
- #221The Olive School, Birmingham£6,083
- #222St Nicholas Catholic Primary School£6,080
- #223St Joseph's Catholic Primary School£6,045
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