Yenton Primary School
General Information
- Address: Chester Road, Erdington, Birmingham, B24 0ED – View on map
- Phone: 01214646588
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Jablai Saleh
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 34 families put it first for 34 places – 10 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: 2023 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 351
- % eligible for free school meals: 62.2%
- Pupil mix: 9 in 10 (more mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 38% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 21.5% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 61% moved to another school, 39% 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: 6.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 22.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 29.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 84 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 36 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 36 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 62% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 1% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 3 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 62% against an expected 55%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 62%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 74% · Writing 67% · Maths 77% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 72%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 104
- Based on: 90 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
- =155St George's Church of England Primary School62%
- =155The Oaklands Primary School62%
- =155Yenton Primary School62%
- =163English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School61%
- =163Grestone Academy61%
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187th of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #185Yardley Primary SchoolGood
- #186Yardley Wood Community Primary SchoolGood
- #187Yenton Primary SchoolGood
- #188Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School (NC)Good
- #189Yorkmead Junior and Infant SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,378 (2024-25)
198th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #196Kings Norton Primary School£6,398
- #197Greenholm Primary School£6,397
- #198Yenton Primary School£6,378
- #199Lakey Lane Primary School£6,374
- #200St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Handsworth£6,371
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