Ofsted inspection · 21/06/2022
Overview of William Murdoch 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 | 68% | 2% | 78% | 28% | 76% | 4% | 86% | 34% | 93% | 81% | 105.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 | — | — | — | 11% | 640 |
| 2023/24 | 66% | 3% | 83% | 28% | 72% | 3% | 90% | 37% | 85% | 81% | 105.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 | — | — | — | 13% | 634 |
| 2022/23 | 66% | 1% | 73% | 28% | 68% | 2% | 82% | 33% | 82% | 75% | 104.0 | 106.0 | 105.0 | +3.30 | +1.80 | +5.20 | 12% | 631 |
| 2018/19 | 67% | 10% | 72% | 35% | 80% | 13% | 86% | 47% | 94% | 88% | 104.0 | 108.0 | 109.0 | +1.10 | -0.60 | +3.20 | 18% | 355 |
| 2017/18 | 65% | 5% | 72% | 17% | 80% | 10% | 82% | 32% | 85% | 84% | 103.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 | -2.00 | -1.40 | +1.90 | 18% | 359 |
| 2016/17 | 60% | 8% | 72% | 17% | 68% | 10% | 84% | 27% | 94% | 87% | 103.0 | 106.0 | 109.0 | -1.40 | -1.90 | +1.70 | 15% | 359 |
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 | 640 | 23.5 | 11% | 74% | 49% | 6% | 13% |
| 2023/24 | 634 | 23.5 | 13% | 75% | 44% | 6% | 20% |
| 2022/23 | 631 | 26.3 | 12% | 74% | 42% | 7% | 25% |
| 2021/22 | 647 | 23.5 | 11% | 76% | 44% | 6% | 20% |
| 2020/21 | 679 | 25.7 | 13% | 75% | 45% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 355 | 17.6 | 18% | 65% | 45% | 4% | 12% |
| 2017/18 | 359 | 21.6 | 18% | 61% | 49% | 4% | 10% |
| 2016/17 | 359 | 23.0 | 15% | 60% | 46% | 4% | 8% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.