Birches Green Junior School
Birches Green Road, Erdington, Birmingham, B24 9SR
This school is closed (it closed in August 2023).
It was replaced by Birches Green Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs A Stevenson
- Constituency
- Birmingham, Erdington
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 210
- URN
- 148887
- Local authority
- Birmingham
About this school
Birches Green Junior School was a primary academy in Birmingham. It taught children aged 7 to 11 and had 210 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Birches Green Junior School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in March 2022, 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 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 53 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 36% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 66% |
| Expected standard in maths | 68% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 74% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.20 |
| Writing progress | -6.80 |
| Maths progress | -2.80 |
How Birches Green Junior School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 23% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7.8% | 57.6% | 210 | — |
| Birches Green Primary School | 51% | 7.2% | 59.9% | 442 | 0.0 miles |
| St Peter and St Paul RC Junior and Infant School | 67% | 5.3% | 18% | 197 | 0.2 miles |
| Saint Barnabas Church of England Primary School | 57% | 4.4% | 38.1% | 441 | 0.3 miles |
| Paget Primary School | 48% | 5% | 48.2% | 359 | 0.6 miles |
| Erdington Hall Primary School | 63% | 6.9% | 50.2% | 271 | 0.7 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 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 57.6%
- English as an additional language
- 35.7%
- Overall absence
- 7.8%
- Persistent absence
- 26.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Birches Green Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
St Peter and St Paul RC Junior and Infant School0.2 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Saint Barnabas Church of England Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Paget Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Erdington Hall Primary School0.7 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 Birches Green Junior School teach?
- Birches Green Junior School taught children aged 7 to 11. It was a primary school in Birmingham.
- Has Birches Green Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Birches Green Junior 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 Birches Green Junior School?
- Birches Green Junior School had 210 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- What are Birches Green Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Birches 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 14 September 2023.