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Mapledene Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Mapledene Road, Mapledene Road, Birmingham, Uk, Birmingham B26 3XE · mapledene.bham.sch.uk · 0121 464 2881
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 63%
- 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
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 293
- 93% of 315 places
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 46.1%
- First language not English
- 23.5%
- 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, 38 families put the school first and 38 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 38 | 38 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 44 | 43 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 42 | 39 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 45 | 50 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 42 | 40 | 1 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | All | |
| September 2022 | All | |
| September 2023 | 0.36 mi0.58 km | |
Every applicant was offered a place.
Every applicant was offered a place. 1 more children, who had no preference met, were placed at the school.
Results
In 2024/25, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% 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 | |||
| ●63% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 16 November 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Mapledene Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 15 Nov 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Jun 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (19 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 19
- 6% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 42% who had a child bullied