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Sutton Park Primary
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Coppice View Road, Sutton Coldfield B73 6UE · suttonparkprimary.co.uk · 0121 464 7355
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 72%
- 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
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 297
- 71% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 58.4%
- First language not English
- 15.8%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Pa Community Trust
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, 19 families put the school first and 23 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 | 23 | 19 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 95% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 32 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 25 | 22 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2023 | All | |
| September 2022 | All | |
| September 2024 | 1.16 mi1.87 km | |
Every applicant was offered a place. 1 more children, who had no preference met, were placed at the school.
Every applicant was offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25, 72% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 13% 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 | |||
| ▲72% | 62% | ||
| ▲13% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 136815)
Ofsted
Sutton Park Primary was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 10 April 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 10 Apr 2024
- 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: Inadequate, graded inspection, Jun 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 136815), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
- Jun 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
Jun 2018Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 136815)
Jan 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 136815)
Jan 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 136815)
What parents said
73% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (73 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 73%
- Replies
- 73
- 22% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on the 45% who had a child bullied
based on 22 parents (30%) with SEND