Turves Green Primary 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
Turves Green Primary School excels at creating a caring, well-organised learning environment where children are motivated and engaged. Teachers expertly check understanding and provide clear feedback, while pupils with additional needs receive swift, tailored support. The school goes beyond academics to build confident, responsible citizens through enrichment activities like residential trips, workshops, and visits to places of worship.
Key Strengths
- Well-designed, ambitious curriculum that is carefully sequenced and builds learning over time
- Highly effective early reading and phonics teaching with strong support for struggling readers
- Excellent support for pupils with SEND who are quickly identified and helped to progress well
- Strong enrichment activities including trips, visits, workshops, and experiences that bring learning to life
- Pupils feel safe and supported with clear routines and swift resolution of behaviour issues
Areas for Improvement
- Some pupils do not attend school regularly enough and miss valuable learning - the school needs to strengthen strategies to reduce absences and improve punctuality
- Some independent learning activities do not provide enough opportunities for pupils to extend and deepen their learning
- Pupils sometimes lack clarity on how to structure their work independently to build on what they have learned
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective, with the school creating an open and positive culture around safeguarding and pupil behaviour.
Extracurricular Activities
Trips to castles and museums, annual residential trips, sleep under the stars events, public speaking workshops, money management activities, opera workshops, sporting competitions, play leader activities
Turves Green Primary School has successfully maintained the good standards from its previous inspection. The school provides a calm, nurturing environment where pupils are happy, safe, and well-behaved, with high expectations for achievement.
At a Glance
62.4%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
PD - Physical Disability
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
115 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 66%. Maths has remained stable at around 63%. Writing has remained stable at around 63%.
Class Sizes
26.9
Avg class size
26.3
Infant (KS1)
27.3
KS2
14
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
84%
Available places
354 pupils
420 capacity
66 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)
Inspection History(103)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
8.40403%
Overall absence
24.85876%
Persistent absence
354
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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