Ofsted inspection · 26/02/2014
Overview of Balsall Common Primary School · Primary · Solihull
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17
Subject breakdown
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
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2024/25
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History
All years · Historical DfE data by academic year
Primary — Key Stage 2
Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.
| Year | RWM expected | RWM higher | Reading exp. | Reading hi. | Writing exp. | Writing hi. | Maths exp. | Maths hi. | Science | SPAG exp. | Read. score | Maths score | GPS score | Reading prog. | Writing prog. | Maths prog. | SEN | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 76% | 13% | 87% | 43% | 79% | 27% | 84% | 28% | 94% | 87% | 108.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 | — | — | — | 11% | 671 |
| 2023/24 | 56% | 9% | 79% | 34% | 76% | 15% | 69% | 20% | 92% | 78% | 106.0 | 103.0 | 106.0 | — | — | — | 12% | 683 |
| 2022/23 | 50% | 8% | 72% | 40% | 60% | 11% | 63% | 24% | 86% | 77% | 106.0 | 103.0 | 106.0 | -0.30 | -4.00 | -2.70 | 13% | 695 |
| 2018/19 | 66% | 15% | 76% | 40% | 85% | 24% | 76% | 30% | 91% | 72% | 106.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 | +0.00 | -0.20 | -1.60 | 6% | 735 |
| 2017/18 | 67% | 11% | 80% | 29% | 71% | 23% | 75% | 31% | 79% | 80% | 106.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 | -1.50 | -2.20 | -0.70 | 7% | 747 |
| 2016/17 | 61% | 8% | 73% | 22% | 80% | 22% | 64% | 21% | 91% | 73% | 105.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 | -0.80 | -0.20 | -2.40 | 9% | 733 |
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
Pupils & absence
| Year | Pupils | Pupil:teacher | SEN | EAL | FSM ever | Absence | Persistent absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 671 | 22.8 | 11% | 5% | 10% | 4% | 9% |
| 2023/24 | 683 | 22.0 | 12% | 5% | 10% | 5% | 9% |
| 2022/23 | 695 | 22.0 | 13% | 6% | 10% | 5% | 9% |
| 2021/22 | 713 | 20.1 | 10% | 4% | 11% | 6% | 12% |
| 2020/21 | 709 | 20.7 | 10% | 4% | 10% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 735 | 22.6 | 6% | 5% | 9% | 3% | 6% |
| 2017/18 | 747 | 24.0 | 7% | 4% | 8% | 3% | 6% |
| 2016/17 | 733 | 21.6 | 9% | 5% | 7% | 4% | 7% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.