Ofsted inspection · 16/10/2024
Overview of The Oval 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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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 | 65% | 10% | 75% | 34% | 76% | 11% | 76% | 25% | 90% | 76% | 105.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 | — | — | — | 18% | 645 |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 13% | 76% | 29% | 76% | 16% | 79% | 24% | 80% | 78% | 106.0 | 104.0 | 107.0 | — | — | — | 17% | 657 |
| 2022/23 | 64% | 9% | 76% | 23% | 74% | 16% | 81% | 17% | 83% | 78% | 105.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 | +0.10 | +0.90 | -0.10 | 15% | 655 |
| 2018/19 | 73% | 14% | 84% | 42% | 81% | 17% | 82% | 40% | 88% | 86% | 108.0 | 107.0 | 110.0 | +5.40 | +1.90 | +4.10 | 16% | 669 |
| 2017/18 | 73% | 7% | 83% | 32% | 77% | 10% | 85% | 27% | 82% | 85% | 106.0 | 106.0 | 109.0 | +3.40 | +0.60 | +2.70 | — | 692 |
| 2016/17 | 63% | 9% | 76% | 31% | 70% | 10% | 79% | 28% | 78% | 80% | 105.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 | +1.60 | -0.60 | +2.00 | 29% | 700 |
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 | 645 | 19.3 | 18% | 36% | 66% | 7% | 23% |
| 2023/24 | 657 | 19.1 | 17% | 36% | 61% | 8% | 24% |
| 2022/23 | 655 | 19.2 | 15% | 33% | 58% | 7% | 26% |
| 2021/22 | 648 | 18.4 | 17% | 33% | 56% | 6% | 20% |
| 2020/21 | 633 | 18.0 | 14% | 33% | 49% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 669 | 18.9 | 16% | 30% | 50% | 5% | 10% |
| 2017/18 | — | 17.6 | — | — | — | 5% | 14% |
| 2016/17 | 700 | 19.2 | 29% | 31% | 49% | 5% | 11% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.