Mere Green Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham·B75 5BL
Composite score
63.8
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#2,926
National rank
#261
In West Midlands
#52
In Birmingham
Top 20%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
64%
% achieving higher RWM
19%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
41 first choices, 48 places
First choices per place
0.85
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
186
any preference, for 48 places
Applications from another council area
5%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.15
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8420220.9020230.8720240.7020250.852026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Mere Green Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
435
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
16.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,848
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Mere Green Primary School at a glance

Located in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, Mere Green Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 435 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 64% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 4.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 20% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 19% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Mere Green Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 41 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.2%. There are about 20.5 pupils per teacher. Mere Green Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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