Bird's Bush Primary School
Birds Bush Road, Belgrave, Tamworth, B77 2NE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- PERRY HALL MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Michelle Day ( Headteacher)
- Sponsor
- Perry Hall Multi Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Tamworth
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 143
- URN
- 144989
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01827214666
About this school
Bird's Bush Primary School is a primary academy in Tamworth. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 143 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- 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 | 35 | 29 | 19 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 43% | 34% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 54% | 83% | 63% |
| Expected standard in maths | 54% | 62% | 68% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 63% | 59% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 106.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 103.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.30 | - | - |
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 Bird's Bush 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 | Staffordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 43% | 59.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 34% | 61.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 63% | 62% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 184 |
| 2023/24 | 167 |
| 2024/25 | 149 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bird's Bush Primary School compares
Bird's Bush Primary School ranked 137th of 229 primary schools in Staffordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 63% | 5.1% | 40.3% | 143 | — |
| St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School | 68% | 4.4% | 19.6% | 358 | 0.3 miles |
| Wilnecote Junior Academy | 49% | 4.5% | 23.9% | 302 | 0.5 miles |
| Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School | 64% | 7.9% | 46.4% | 178 | 0.5 miles |
| Oakhill Primary School | — | 9.3% | 43.7% | 134 | 0.5 miles |
| Two Gates Primary School | 42% | 5.8% | 28.1% | 230 | 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 40.27%
- English as an additional language
- 4%
- Overall absence
- 5.09%
- Persistent absence
- 10.37%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Tamworth
-
Wilnecote Junior Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Tamworth
-
Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Tamworth
-
Oakhill Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Tamworth
-
Two Gates Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Tamworth
Other schools in Tamworth
Bird's Bush Primary School ranks 16th of the 34 ranked primary schools in Tamworth.
- Amington Heath Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Anker Valley Primary Academy Primary
- Ankermoor Primary Academy Primary
- Ashcroft Infants' School Primary
- Birchwood Primary School Primary
- Coton Green Primary School Primary
- Dordon Primary School Primary
- Dosthill Primary School Primary
- Dunstall Park Primary School Primary
- Flax Hill Junior Academy Primary
- Florendine Primary School Primary
- Garden Village Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Bird's Bush Primary School teach?
- Bird's Bush Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Tamworth.
- Who is the headteacher of Bird's Bush Primary School?
- The headteacher of Bird's Bush Primary School is Mrs Michelle Day ( Headteacher), as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Bird's Bush Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bird's Bush 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 big is Bird's Bush Primary School?
- Bird's Bush Primary School has 143 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Bird's Bush Primary School full?
- Bird's Bush Primary School has capacity for 315 pupils and 143 on roll (45%), 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 Bird's Bush Primary School a faith school?
- No. Bird's Bush Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Bird's Bush Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Bird's Bush Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Bird's Bush Primary School?
- Bird's Bush Primary School is part of PERRY HALL MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Bird's Bush Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 43% in 2022/23 and 63% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bird's Bush Primary School rank locally?
- Bird's Bush Primary School ranked 137th of 229 primary schools in Staffordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bird's Bush Primary School's absence rate?
- Bird's Bush Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bird's Bush Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bird's Bush 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 2026.