Rednal Hill Junior School, Birmingham
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Under new leadership, Rednal Hill has created a positive, ambitious school community committed to raising expectations for all. Pupils feel safe and happy, with strong pastoral care and enrichment opportunities. The school provides well-designed, interesting topics with visits and visitors to enhance learning.
Key Strengths
- Strong, inspirational leadership from the headteacher with high expectations for all pupils
- Good support and challenge from governors, with recent improvements to their oversight
- Effective safeguarding arrangements with well-trained staff and strong pastoral care
- Good professional development for teachers leading to improved collaborative working
- Well-designed broad curriculum with interesting topics, visits and enrichment opportunities
Areas for Improvement
- Teaching quality is variable - not all pupils, especially the most able, are sufficiently challenged
- Pupils' attainment in reading, writing and mathematics has not improved enough over time
- Disadvantaged pupils' progress still lags behind other pupils nationally
- Limited opportunities for pupils to develop grammar, spelling, punctuation and extended writing
- Pupils lack positive attitudes to reading and don't read widely and often
- Middle leaders are not yet impacting effectively on teaching quality and pupil progress
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective - staff are well trained, procedures are regularly updated, the school works well with parents and outside agencies, and vulnerable pupils are well protected.
Extracurricular Activities
Badminton, football, tag rugby, visits to Sea Life Centre and RAF Cosford, anti-bullying week
Rednal Hill Junior School requires improvement overall. Under new inspirational leadership, the school has created high expectations and improved staff morale, but pupils' attainment in reading, writing and mathematics remains below expectations.
At a Glance
42.2%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 72% to 67%. Maths has declined from 69% to 62%. Writing has declined from 69% to 64%.
Class Sizes
27.8
Avg class size
27.8
KS2
11
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
91%
Near capacity
327 pupils
360 capacity
33 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 Absence2024/25
7.73219%
Overall absence
24.7191%
Persistent absence
356
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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