Ofsted inspection · 09/10/2024
Overview of James Watt Primary School · Primary · Birmingham
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 | 54% | 0% | 71% | 21% | 77% | 0% | 66% | 9% | 88% | 77% | 103.0 | 102.0 | 104.0 | — | — | — | 19% | 446 |
| 2023/24 | 60% | 2% | 68% | 25% | 68% | 4% | 68% | 14% | 72% | 68% | 104.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 | — | — | — | 22% | 443 |
| 2022/23 | 50% | 2% | 52% | 14% | 71% | 7% | 74% | 12% | 72% | 78% | 101.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 | -1.30 | +1.10 | +1.20 | 21% | 440 |
| 2018/19 | 65% | 9% | 67% | 18% | 76% | 11% | 82% | 29% | 75% | 84% | 102.0 | 104.0 | 107.0 | -0.50 | -0.20 | +0.70 | 19% | 485 |
| 2017/18 | 49% | 10% | 51% | 13% | 74% | 23% | 75% | 18% | 75% | 77% | 100.0 | 103.0 | 106.0 | -1.90 | +2.10 | +1.00 | 19% | 487 |
| 2016/17 | 46% | 3% | 49% | 8% | 75% | 28% | 67% | 15% | 69% | 67% | 100.0 | 102.0 | 104.0 | -2.00 | +0.50 | -0.60 | 22% | 497 |
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 | 446 | 27.9 | 19% | 67% | 53% | 6% | 20% |
| 2023/24 | 443 | 21.2 | 22% | 74% | 48% | 6% | 24% |
| 2022/23 | 440 | 26.6 | 21% | 79% | 48% | 8% | 29% |
| 2021/22 | 457 | 19.9 | 23% | 82% | 49% | 6% | 20% |
| 2020/21 | 449 | 21.7 | 18% | 82% | 37% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 485 | 22.7 | 19% | 84% | 41% | 5% | 13% |
| 2017/18 | 487 | 23.1 | 19% | 83% | 40% | 5% | 10% |
| 2016/17 | 497 | 27.5 | 22% | 78% | 38% | 4% | 12% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.