{"id":245062,"date":"2025-07-07T10:53:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T10:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/245062\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T10:53:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T10:53:18","slug":"every-birmingham-primary-school-rated-outstanding-by-ofsted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/245062\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Birmingham primary school rated outstanding by Ofsted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The schools are judged to be the very best in the city<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_Pupils-Return-For-The-New-School-Year.jpg\" alt=\"Pupils in a classroom as they return for the new academic year\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>A select few Birmingham schools are rated outstanding.(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A select group of primary schools in Birmingham currently hold the honour of being rated outstanding by Ofsted, the highest ranking possible from the education watchdog.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">These are the primary schools considered to be the best in the city, and competition for places is likely high among parents trying to secure their children a place at a top school.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Schools where there are no specific concerns are generally inspected every few years by Ofsted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/new-faces-added-west-midlands-31938029\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">New faces added to West Midlands&#8217; most wanted list as detectives say &#8216;call 999 straightaway&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get our local newsletters like Black Country News, MySolihull and MySuttonColdfield straight to your inbox<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">They are judged in a range of areas including learning, behaviour, attendance and management &#8211; and the very best have been given outstanding labels over recent years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Previously, schools were awarded one of four possible grades from best to worst: outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">This single-word grading system has now changed for English schools, though many still hold their ratings as inspections only happen every few years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Primary schools are now graded across five different areas, so the very best can still be classed as outstanding in all areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">These <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> primary schools are currently rated outstanding, according to Ofsted&#8217;s website. Independent or special schools are not included.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"UnorderedList_unordered-list__gzblI\">\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Parkfield Community School, Saltley<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">The Olive School, Small Health<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">The Olive School, Reddings Lane<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Shaw Hill, Alum Rock<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">St Michael&#8217;s CoE Academy, Handsworth<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Oasis Academy Foundry<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">St John&#8217;s CoE, Sparkhill<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Harborne Primary<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Moor Green Primary, Moseley<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Dorrington Academy, Perry Barr<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Colmore Infants, Kings Heath<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Billesley Primary<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Lea Forest Primary, Kitts Green<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Chilcote Primary<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Wyndcliffe Primary, Bordesley Green<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Grove Vale Primary, Great Barr<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Nishkam Primary, Handsworth<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Prince Albert Junior and Infants, Aston<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Princethorpe Infants, Weoley Castle<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Montgomery Primary, Sparkbrook<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The new Labour Government scrapped single-word judgements for schools last September, labelling them &#8220;harmful&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The aim is to provide parents with more context about what is actually happening at schools and not leave schools lumbered with a damaging rating headteachers may feel is unjustified, potentially for years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">New school &#8216;report cards&#8217; are due to be introduced later this year, replacing the old inspection system, in a bid to provide parents with a clearer overall picture of day-to-day goings on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The schools are judged to be the very best in the cityA select few Birmingham schools are rated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,2266,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-245062","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-education","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}