Water Orton Primary School
Plank Lane, Water Orton, Birmingham, B46 1SG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emma Smith
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- North Warwickshire and Bedworth
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 323
- Pupils on roll
- 299
- URN
- 125620
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01217472851
About this school
Water Orton Primary School is a community primary school in Birmingham. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 299 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Water Orton 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 44 | 48 | 45 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 65% | 40% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 6% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 75% | 67% | 58% |
| Expected standard in maths | 66% | 81% | 56% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 61% | 73% | 53% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 103.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 103.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.90 | - | - |
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 Water Orton 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 | Warwickshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 55% | 58.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 65% | 58.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 40% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 323 |
| 2023/24 | 319 |
| 2024/25 | 312 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Water Orton Primary School compares
Water Orton Primary School ranked 151st of 162 primary schools in Warwickshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 11% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 29% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 40% | 6.7% | 18% | 299 | — |
| Smith's Wood Primary Academy | 82% | 5.2% | 53.1% | 445 | 0.8 miles |
| St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School | 57% | 6.4% | 50% | 200 | 1.0 miles |
| Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School | — | 5.3% | 23.2% | 487 | 1.0 miles |
| Castle Bromwich Junior School | 62% | 6.2% | 38.1% | 467 | 1.2 miles |
| Kingshurst Primary School | 55% | 7.3% | 65.6% | 459 | 1.3 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)
- 17.95%
- English as an additional language
- 2.2%
- Overall absence
- 6.66%
- Persistent absence
- 16.55%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Smith's Wood Primary Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School1.0 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Castle Bromwich Junior School1.2 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Kingshurst Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Birmingham
Other schools in Birmingham
Water Orton Primary School ranks 260th 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 Water Orton Primary School teach?
- Water Orton Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Birmingham.
- Who is the headteacher of Water Orton Primary School?
- The headteacher of Water Orton Primary School is Mrs Emma Smith, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Water Orton Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Water Orton 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 Water Orton Primary School?
- Water Orton Primary School has 299 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Water Orton Primary School full?
- Water Orton Primary School has capacity for 323 pupils and 299 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 Water Orton Primary School a faith school?
- No. Water Orton Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Water Orton Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Water Orton Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Water Orton Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Water Orton Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Water Orton Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 55% in 2022/23 and 40% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Water Orton Primary School compare with other schools in Warwickshire?
- Water Orton Primary School ranked 151st of 162 primary schools in Warwickshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 11% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 29% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Water Orton Primary School's absence rate?
- Water Orton Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Water Orton Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Water Orton 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 30 June 2026.