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Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School (NC)
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Yew Tree Road, Aston, Birmingham B6 6RX · yewtree.bham.sch.uk · 0121 464 2967
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 61%
- 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
- 460
- 40 over 420 places · 110%
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 61.8%
- First language not English
- 97.8%
- 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, 54 families put the school first and 57 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 | 57 | 54 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 50 | 50 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 49 | 47 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 48 | 42 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 45 | 42 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 61% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 5% 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 | |||
| ●61% | 62% | ||
| ▼5% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 103259)
Ofsted
Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School (NC) was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 8 November 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 8 Nov 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Apr 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Apr 2019Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective May 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Sept 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good