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George Dixon Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
City Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B17 8LE · georgedixonprimary.bham.sch.uk · 0121 675 2775
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Feb 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 26%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Birmingham 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Birmingham Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 283
- 94% of 300 places
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 49.1%
- First language not English
- 48.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Birmingham Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 23 families put the school first and 25 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 25 | 23 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 21 | 19 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 14 | 13 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 95% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 26% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Birmingham it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼26% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼100 | 106 | ||
| ▼99 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected George Dixon Primary School on 24 February 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching: Urgent improvement
- Achievement: Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Needs attention
- Early years: Needs attention
- Leadership and governance: Needs attention
- Inspected
- 24 Feb 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Needs attention |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Urgent improvement |
| Achievement | Urgent improvement |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Needs attention |
| Early years | Needs attention |
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2023Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective - Jun 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
Sept 2021Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Sept 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
73% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (15 replies, to 5 September 2022).
- Recommend
- 73%
- Replies
- 15
- 4% · 5 Sept 2022
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied