The Oaks Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Birmingham·B14 5RY
Composite score
50.5
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#7,099
National rank
#721
In West Midlands
#129
In Birmingham
Top 48%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
58%
% achieving higher RWM
11%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
20 first choices, 22 places
First choices per place
0.91
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
44
any preference, for 22 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.08
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put The Oaks 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
2–11
Pupils on roll
316
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
84.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
38.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
30.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
26.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,191
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

The Oaks Primary School is a primary school serving Birmingham, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 316 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 58% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 13.0 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 around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 11% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). The Oaks Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 20 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 8.2%. There are about 17.2 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 85% 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 Oaks 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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