Paganel Primary School
Swinford Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 5TG
This school is closed (it closed in January 2024).
It was replaced by Paganel Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Bethan Gingell
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Birmingham, Edgbaston
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 416
- Pupils on roll
- 442
- URN
- 134281
- Local authority
- Birmingham
About this school
Paganel Primary School was a community primary school in Birmingham. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 442 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Paganel Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in August 2004, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 59 | 58 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 46% | 43% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 63% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 58% | 60% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 59% | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.80 | - |
| Writing progress | -1.40 | - |
| Maths progress | -2.80 | - |
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 Paganel 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 | 46% | 55.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 43% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 406 |
| 2023/24 | 442 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Paganel Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7.2% | 52.8% | 442 | — |
| Paganel Primary School | 56% | 7.4% | 62.1% | 404 | 0.0 miles |
| Jervoise School | 83% | 5.6% | 54.2% | 198 | 0.3 miles |
| Princethorpe Infant School | — | 5.7% | 50.4% | 154 | 0.5 miles |
| Princethorpe Junior School | 83% | 7.6% | 76.9% | 231 | 0.5 miles |
| Our Lady and St Rose of Lima Catholic Primary School | 50% | 6.3% | 48.6% | 233 | 0.6 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 52.8%
- English as an additional language
- 35.1%
- Overall absence
- 7.2%
- Persistent absence
- 23.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Paganel Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Jervoise School0.3 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Princethorpe Infant School0.5 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Princethorpe Junior School0.5 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Our Lady and St Rose of Lima Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Birmingham
Other 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 year groups does Paganel Primary School teach?
- Paganel Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Birmingham.
- Has Paganel Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Paganel 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 big is Paganel Primary School?
- Paganel Primary School had 442 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Paganel Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 46% in 2022/23 and 43% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Paganel Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Paganel 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 10 July 2024.