Beeches Infant School, Birmingham
Data last updated 31 Aug 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 4 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Beeches Infant School excels at creating a happy, nurturing environment where pupils feel safe and are highly respectful of one another. Teachers provide good quality instruction matched to pupils' needs, with particularly strong results in reading and creative subjects. The school actively celebrates diversity and helps children understand and embrace different cultures and faiths through visits to places of worship and inclusive teaching.
Key Strengths
- Strong leadership with a clear vision and effective wider leadership team driving school improvement
- Good subject knowledge among teachers with work well-matched to pupils' abilities
- Excellent safeguarding culture with robust procedures and high levels of nurture for vulnerable pupils
- Good progress in reading, creative arts and personal, social and health education
- Pupils behave well, are polite and respectful, with high levels of tolerance for differences
Areas for Improvement
- Mathematics teaching needs more challenge for the most able pupils and better questioning to develop reasoning skills
- Teachers ask questions that are sometimes too simple and don't probe pupils' thinking deeply enough
- Progress of the most able pupils is not being tracked by leaders, making it unclear how well they're achieving
- Attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and other pupils nationally remains, especially in mathematics
- Early years assessments on entry to school are sometimes too low
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective with a strong culture in place, five designated leaders, swift action on concerns, and secure high-quality records.
Extracurricular Activities
Basketball, rounders, gymnastics, forest school, nurture groups, sports clubs
Beeches Infant School is a good school with a clear vision set by the headteacher, creating a happy and united staff team with high expectations for all pupils. The school has maintained good education standards and continues to drive improvements in teaching and learning.
At a Glance
40.2%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
29.3
Avg class size
29.3
Infant (KS1)
9
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
92%
Near capacity
249 pupils
270 capacity
21 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Birmingham
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Birmingham
Admissions Demand - Birmingham
Places available
15,570
Applications
12,541
Got 1st preference
92.4%
Got preferred school
99.0%
Primary admissions across Birmingham (2025/26)
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
6.92231%
Overall absence
21.98953%
Persistent absence
191
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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