Featherstone Primary School

BirminghamCommunity school

Glenville Drive, Birmingham, B23 6PR

Headteacher: Mr E GaibeeSchool website ↗Pupils: 417 (capacity: 420)
Ofsted Good
Inspected December 2022
Oversubscribed
89% of first-choice applicants offered a place
64%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Good
Inspected December 2022
89%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 13 December 2022Full report ↗

Good

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Quality of Teaching
Good
Behaviour in School
Outstanding
Pupils' Wider Development
Outstanding
School Leadership
Good

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
64.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
2.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 74%·Writing 69%·Maths 72%All three 64%
Reading
Expected74%
Exceeding30%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected69%
Exceeding3%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected72%
Exceeding20%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
60
How many families wanted this school first?
65
How many got their first choice?
58of 65 (89.2%)
How many applied in total?
207

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
52.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
38.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
16.0%
Boys and girls
51%girls·49%boys
211 girls, 206 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↑ Peaked at 69% (2017/18), currently 64%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1637.0%7.0%-1.9-2.6-0.4
2016/1767.0%7.0%0.0-0.9+1.3
2017/1869.0%7.0%-0.6-0.3-1.9
2018/1963.0%5.0%-1.2-2.3-0.7
2022/2357.0%5.0%+0.9-0.8+0.9
2023/2453.0%0.0%---
2024/2564.0%2.0%---
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