Smith's Wood Primary Academy
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B79
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Birmingham, B36 0SZ
- Distance
- 1.3km away
Water Orton Primary School
Plank Lane, Water Orton, Birmingham, B46 1SG
Local ranking150th of 185 primary schools in Warwickshire
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 17 August 2026
Primary
Phase
323
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Needs attention
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 40.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 2.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 58.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 71.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 56.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 53.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 102.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 100.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 102.0
- Cohort Size
- 45
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 312
- Boys
- 166 (53%)
- Girls
- 146 (47%)
- Capacity
- 323 (97% full)
- SEND
- 19.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 17.9%
- EAL
- 2.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 7.0%
- SEN Support
- 12.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,274/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 16.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 85.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 4.1%
- Mixed Other: 3.7%
- White Other: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.9%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.8%
- Asian Other: 0.8%
- White Irish: 0.4%
85.5%
White British
4.1%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
3.7%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Plank Lane
Birmingham, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 125620
- UKPRN
- 10071175
- Establishment No.
- 2618
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