Lindens Primary School
Hundred Acre Road, Streetly, Sutton Coldfield, B74 2BB
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
It was replaced by Lindens Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Simon Griffiths
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- PD - Physical Disability
- Constituency
- Aldridge-Brownhills
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 486
- Pupils on roll
- 463
- URN
- 104212
- Local authority
- Walsall
About this school
Lindens Primary School was a community primary school in Sutton Coldfield. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 463 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Lindens Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 66 | 65 | 63 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 75% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 9% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 82% | 77% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 68% | 88% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 74% | 80% | 75% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 106.0 | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 106.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| 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 Lindens 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 | Walsall average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 59% | 56.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 75% | 57.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 57.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 459 |
| 2023/24 | 466 |
| 2024/25 | 463 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lindens Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 4.3% | 12.6% | 463 | — |
| Lindens Academy | — | — | — | 457 | 0.0 miles |
| Meadow View Academy | — | — | — | 467 | 0.6 miles |
| Kingsland Primary School (NC) | 65% | 6.3% | 56.3% | 281 | 0.7 miles |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Streetly | 100% | 2.9% | 9.1% | 242 | 0.8 miles |
| Sundridge Primary School | 43% | 5.3% | 62.1% | 148 | 0.8 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)
- 12.59%
- English as an additional language
- 5.6%
- Overall absence
- 4.25%
- Persistent absence
- 8.62%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lindens Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Sutton Coldfield
-
Meadow View Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Kingsland Primary School (NC)0.7 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Streetly0.8 miles
Primary · Sutton Coldfield
-
Sundridge Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Birmingham
Other 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 Lindens Primary School teach?
- Lindens Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Sutton Coldfield.
- Has Lindens Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Lindens Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Lindens Primary School?
- Lindens Primary School had 463 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Lindens Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 59% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Lindens Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lindens 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 31 August 2025.