Marston Green Junior School
Station Road, Marston Green, Birmingham, B37 7BA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lynn Clark
- Constituency
- Meriden and Solihull East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 334
- URN
- 104060
- Local authority
- Solihull
- Telephone
- 01217792227
About this school
Marston Green Junior School is a community primary school in Birmingham. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 334 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Marston Green Junior 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 85 | 87 | 88 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 53% | 58% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 5% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 78% | 75% | 68% |
| Expected standard in maths | 62% | 62% | 70% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 78% | 71% | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 102.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.40 | - | - |
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 Marston Green Junior 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 | Solihull average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 53% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 53% | 59.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 58% | 62.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 353 |
| 2023/24 | 349 |
| 2024/25 | 348 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Marston Green Junior School compares
Marston Green Junior School ranked 38th of 45 primary schools in Solihull for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 58% | 5.6% | 29.3% | 334 | — |
| Marston Green Infant Academy | — | 6.4% | 25.4% | 326 | 0.1 miles |
| Coleshill Heath School | — | — | — | 480 | 0.8 miles |
| Mapledene Primary School | 63% | 6.8% | 43.1% | 293 | 0.8 miles |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School | 76% | 5.4% | 31.6% | 447 | 1.0 miles |
| Elms Farm Community Primary School | 60% | 6% | 64.6% | 414 | 1.0 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 29.31%
- English as an additional language
- 16.7%
- Overall absence
- 5.59%
- Persistent absence
- 11.88%
Location
Nearby schools
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Marston Green Infant Academy0.1 miles
Primary · Birmingham
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Coleshill Heath School0.8 miles
Primary · Birmingham
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Mapledene Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
St Anne's Catholic Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Birmingham
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Elms Farm Community Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Birmingham
Other schools in Birmingham
Marston Green Junior School ranks 191st of the 273 ranked primary schools in Birmingham.
- Abbey Catholic Primary School Primary
- Acocks Green Primary School Primary
- Adderley Primary School Primary
- Al-Furqan Primary School Primary
- Albert Bradbeer Primary Academy Primary
- Allens Croft Primary School Primary
- Alston Primary School Primary
- Anderton Park Primary School Primary
- Anglesey Primary School Primary
- Arden Primary School Primary
- Ark Tindal Primary Academy Primary
- Aston Tower Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Marston Green Junior School teach?
- Marston Green Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Birmingham.
- Who is the headteacher of Marston Green Junior School?
- The headteacher of Marston Green Junior School is Mrs Lynn Clark, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Marston Green Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Marston Green Junior 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 Marston Green Junior School?
- Marston Green Junior School has 334 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Marston Green Junior School full?
- Marston Green Junior School has capacity for 360 pupils and 334 on roll (93%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Marston Green Junior School a faith school?
- No. Marston Green Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Marston Green Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Marston Green Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Marston Green Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 53% in 2022/23 and 58% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Marston Green Junior School compare with other schools in Solihull?
- Marston Green Junior School ranked 38th of 45 primary schools in Solihull for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Marston Green Junior School's absence rate?
- Marston Green Junior School's overall absence rate is 5.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Marston Green Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Marston Green Junior 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.