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Bournville School

URN
141318
Phase
All-through
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Bournville School
URN
141318
Phase
All-through
Gender
Mixed
Age range
4-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

44 / 100

Limited Data

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

36

Inspection

50

Admissions Value

28

Destinations

29

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

School rankings are not currently available.

School Compass recommendation

Insufficient Data

Not enough information is available to generate a recommendation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Average
  • National comparison: Similar to national average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
29 April 2024
Inspection date
12 March 2024
Inspection type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Requires improvement

    Graded 29 April 2024

  • Quality of education

    Requires improvement

    Graded 29 April 2024

  • Behaviour and attitudes

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

72

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

843

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

66

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

11.71×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Birmingham
Admissions portal
Birmingham admissions
School website
http://www.bournvilleschool.org/

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

76.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

64.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

69.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

54.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

B30 1SH - Hay Green Lane, Birmingham, West Midlands

Contact details

Address
Hay Green Lane, Birmingham, West Midlands
Postcode
B30 1SH
Phone
1214753881
Website
http://www.bournvilleschool.org/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Birmingham
Local authority code
330

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 979 schools in Birmingham.

Authority statistics

Total schools

979

Open schools

512

Closed schools

461

Primary schools

559

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Requires improvement

    Graded 29 April 2024

  • Personal development

    Good

    Graded 29 April 2024

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 29 April 2024

  • Early years

    Good

    Graded 29 April 2024

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    29 April 202412 March 2024Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2Requires improvementView report for inspection published 29 April 2024
    • Requires improvement

      Published
      29 April 2024
      Inspected
      12 March 2024
      Type
      Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    7.8%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 30

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Key stage 4 (secondary)

    Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

    Attainment 8

    Attainment 8

    36.5

    Progress 8

    Progress 8

    Not published

    English and maths grade 5 or above

    English & maths 5+

    30.0%

    English and maths grade 4 or above

    English & maths 4+

    48.2%

    EBacc entry

    EBacc entry

    11.8%

    EBacc achievement

    EBacc achievement

    3.6%

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    75.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    2.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    2.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    12.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    162

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary559 (58.8%)
    • Secondary162 (17.1%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other229 (24.1%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Bournville School and Sixth Form Centre0 mSecondaryClosed
    St Francis Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery548 mPrimaryOpen
    St Francis Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery548 mPrimaryClosed
    Woodlands Hospital School617 mNot applicableClosed
    Woodlands Teaching Centre617 mNot applicableClosed
    Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School811 mSecondaryOpen
    Dame Elizabeth Cadbury Technology College811 mSecondaryClosed
    Northfield Manor Primary Academy848 mPrimaryOpen
    Northfield Manor Primary School848 mPrimaryClosed
    King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys1.1 kmSecondaryOpen
    • Bournville School and Sixth Form Centre
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • St Francis Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery
      Distance
      548 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • St Francis Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery
      Distance
      548 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Woodlands Hospital School
      Distance
      617 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed

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    617 m
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  • Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School
    Distance
    811 m
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  • Dame Elizabeth Cadbury Technology College
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  • Northfield Manor Primary Academy
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    Phase
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  • King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys
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