The Olive School, Birmingham

School overview

The Olive School, Birmingham is a primary school serving Birmingham, classified by the DfE as a free school with a Muslim religious character. It has 630 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 88% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That is down 3.0 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 1% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 111 in reading and 110 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 30% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 40% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (224 first choices for 90 places). Overall pupil absence was 5.5%. There are about 20.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 39% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. The Olive School, Birmingham 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.