Birches Green Junior School is a primary school located in Birmingham. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 05/05/2017. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.6%, which is 1.6 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Birches Green Road, Birmingham

School Information

Address: Birches Green Road, Birmingham, B24 9SR
Website: www.birchgnj.bham.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01213733457
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Birmingham
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs A Stevenson
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 103168

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 05/05/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 7 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 240
Number of Pupils: 223
Number of Boys: 106
Number of Girls: 117

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.6% 4%
Persistent absence: 15.9% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Below Average: -4.2 Confidence interval -5.9 to -2.5
Writing
Well Below Average: -5.7 Confidence interval -7.3 to -4.2
Maths
Well Below Average: -4.3 Confidence interval -5.7 to -2.8

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:39%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:0%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:100
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:100
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Osborne Nursery School
Station Road , Erdington B23 6UB
3out of 4 1,403 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Featherstone Nursery School
29 Highcroft Road , Erdington B23 6AU
3out of 4 1,782 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Castle Vale Nursery School
Yatesbury Avenue , Castle Vale B35 6DU
4out of 4 2,496 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Washwood Heath Nursery School
201 Sladefield Road , Ward End B8 2SY
4out of 4 3,009 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Marsh Hill Nursery School
275 Marsh Hill , Erdington B23 7HG
4out of 4 3,253 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Birches Green Junior School
Birches Green Road , Erdington B24 9SR
2out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Birches Green Infant School
Birches Green Road , Erdington B24 9SR
3out of 4 0 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Peter and St Paul RC Junior and Infant School
Kingsbury Road , Erdington B24 9ND
3out of 4 330 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Saint Barnabas Church of England Primary School
Spring Lane , Erdington B24 9BY
- not rated 545 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Paget Primary School
Paget Road , Pype Hayes B24 0JP
2out of 4 1,008 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Erdington Academy
Kingsbury Road , Erdington B24 8RE
2out of 4 761 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
St Edmund Campion Catholic School
Sutton Road , Erdington B23 5XA
- not rated 1,635 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Hodge Hill Girls' School
Bromford Road , Hodge Hill B36 8EY
3out of 4 1,919 yd Community school No Girls More About School
Hodge Hill College
Bromford Road , Hodge Hill B36 8HB
3out of 4 1,959 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Stockland Green School
Slade Road , Erdington B23 7JH
3out of 4 2,565 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Queensbury School
Wood End Road , B24 8BL
- not rated 857 yd Academy special sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Imedia School
85 Summer Road , Erdington B23 6UT
- not rated 1,446 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Highclare School
10 Sutton Road , Erdington B23 6QL
- not rated 1,465 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Braidwood School for the Deaf
Bromford Road , B36 8AF
3out of 4 1,973 yd Foundation special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Flexible Learning School
23 All Saints Road , Hockley B18 5QB
- not rated 2,071 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.