Penns Primary School
Berwood Road, Sutton Coldfield, B72 1BS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Lowe
- Constituency
- Sutton Coldfield
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 203
- URN
- 103356
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01214648014
About this school
Penns Primary School is a community primary school in Sutton Coldfield. It teaches children aged 5 to 11 and has 203 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Penns Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 30 | 31 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 73% | 87% | 84% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 3% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 87% | 93% | 87% |
| Expected standard in maths | 87% | 100% | 87% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 90% | 93% | 84% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 111.0 | 111.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 110.0 | 111.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.50 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Penns Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Birmingham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 73% | 55.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 87% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 84% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 2.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 2.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 211 |
| 2023/24 | 211 |
| 2024/25 | 211 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Penns Primary School compares
Penns Primary School ranked 18th of 266 primary schools in Birmingham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 93% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 98% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 84% | 2.9% | 13.7% | 203 | — |
| Yenton Primary School | 62% | 6.7% | 64.1% | 564 | 0.4 miles |
| Wylde Green Primary School | 84% | 3.9% | 28.3% | 423 | 0.7 miles |
| Paget Primary School | 48% | 5% | 48.2% | 359 | 0.8 miles |
| Abbey Catholic Primary School | 63% | 4.6% | 38.8% | 419 | 0.8 miles |
| Gunter Primary School | 43% | 9% | 50.5% | 182 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 13.74%
- English as an additional language
- 18%
- Overall absence
- 2.93%
- Persistent absence
- 1.63%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Yenton Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Wylde Green Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Sutton Coldfield
-
Paget Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Abbey Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Gunter Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Birmingham
Other schools in Sutton Coldfield
Penns Primary School ranks 6th of the 26 ranked primary schools in Sutton Coldfield.
- Blackwood School Primary
- Boldmere Infant School and Nursery Primary
- Boldmere Junior School Primary
- Coppice Primary School Primary
- Curdworth Primary School Primary
- Four Oaks Primary School Primary
- Hill West Primary School Primary
- Holland House Infant School and Nursery Primary
- Hollyfield Primary School Primary
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School Primary
- Lindens Academy Primary
- Little Aston Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Penns Primary School teach?
- Penns Primary School teaches children aged 5 to 11. It is a primary school in Sutton Coldfield.
- Who is the headteacher of Penns Primary School?
- The headteacher of Penns Primary School is Mrs Helen Lowe, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Penns Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Penns Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Penns Primary School?
- Penns Primary School has 203 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- Is Penns Primary School full?
- Penns Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 203 on roll (97%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Penns Primary School a faith school?
- No. Penns Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Penns Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Penns Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Penns Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 73% in 2022/23 and 84% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Penns Primary School compare with other schools in Birmingham?
- Penns Primary School ranked 18th of 266 primary schools in Birmingham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 93% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 98% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Penns Primary School's absence rate?
- Penns Primary School's overall absence rate is 2.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Penns Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Penns Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.