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Osborne Nursery School

Nursery · ages 2-4MixedLocal authority nursery school124 pupilsNurseryBirmingham
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.
OfstedGoodConfirmed by Ofsted, May 2023
Pupils from low-income families47%Far more than most schools
Pupils per teacher24.8School workforce census
Pupils on roll124Census January 2026

Osborne Nursery School is a local authority nursery school in Birmingham for boys and girls aged 2 to 4. It has 124 pupils. About 47 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2023.

Station Road, Erdington, Birmingham, B23 6UB0121 675 1123osbornenurseryschool.co.ukMrs Sharon Eeles headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

A shorter visit on 10 May 2023 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Birmingham council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll124Census January 2026
Pupils from low-income families23%47% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English67%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support11%14 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan1%1 pupil with a plan
Boys and girls69 / 55
White British pupils16%

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (11), Hearing impairment (1), Physical disability (1), Specific learning difficulty (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll12412813312112198
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals23%20%17%16%16%15%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language67%68%71%68%54%53%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support16%14%12%12%8%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans0%0%1%0%0%

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers2.8full-time equivalent, 3 people
Pupils per teacher24.8Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants2.9full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£62,409
Teachers who left in the year0%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0

Money

From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£12,003England £7,738. Total £876k
Income per pupil£12,624England £7,697. Total £922k
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,200England £3,480
Money in reserve56%A lot put by: £515k, £7,053 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out+£45kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£12,003spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m1,08312 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate174 per 1,000 people91% higher than the England average
Typical house price£235,000Birmingham

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Osborne Primary SchoolAcademy60 m410Good 202413Compare
Highclare SchoolIndependent110 m469Not inspectedCompare
Abbey Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy290 m419Good 202465Compare
New Horizon AcademyIndependent400 m9Not inspectedCompare
Imedia SchoolIndependent430 m10Not inspectedCompare
St Edmund Campion Catholic SchoolAcademy580 m1,158Not inspected62Compare
Saint Barnabas Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy790 m441Good 202352Compare
Featherstone Primary SchoolCouncil880 m416Good 202247Compare

Questions parents ask

Is Osborne Nursery School a good school?

Osborne Nursery School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in May 2023.

What is Osborne Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Osborne Nursery School good at its last full inspection on 10 May 2023.

How many pupils does Osborne Nursery School have?

124 pupils aged 2 to 4 were on the roll in January 2026.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Station Road, Erdington, Birmingham, B23 6UB
Telephone
0121 675 1123
Website
www.osbornenurseryschool.co.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Sharon Eeles
Type of school
Local authority nursery school (Local authority nursery school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Nursery school, ages 2-4, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
Birmingham
Ward
Erdington
Constituency
Birmingham Erdington
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
103145 · LAESTAB 3301049

Where these figures come from