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Paget Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedAcademy359 pupilsNurseryBirmingham
School Chooser Score
16
Below
similar schools
Likely range 8 to 31
Out of 100. Better than 43% of the 50 schools most like it.
OfstedGoodLast Ofsted inspection, October 2023
Reached the expected level at 1148%England 63%
Attendance95.1%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families53%Far more than most schools
Places87 spare359 pupils, 446 places
Pupils per teacher15.8School workforce census

Paget Primary School is a converter academy in Birmingham for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 359 pupils and room for 446. About 53 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. We give it 16 out of 100. That puts it below schools like it, ahead of 43% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2023.

Paget Road, Pype Hayes, Birmingham, B24 0JP0121 464 3902paget.bham.sch.ukMiss Jenny Maskell headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted's last full inspection was on 10 October 2023, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Good overall.

TeachingOfsted calls this “quality of education”
Good
BehaviourOfsted calls this “behaviour and attitudes”
Good
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development”
Good
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and management”
Good
Early years
Good
Safeguarding
Effective
Yes

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

62 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England.

Reached the expected level at 1148%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level3%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score102.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score101.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 50%50%20172018: 43%43%20182019: 47%47%20192023: 33%33%20232024: 33%33%20242025: 48%48%2025
Since 2017: -2%
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure20252024†2023†2019†2018†2017†BirminghamEngland
Pupils tested626361595930
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths48%33%33%47%43%50%65%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths3%0%5%2%5%10%8%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score102.0101.0101.0101.0101.0102.0105.6105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score101.0100.0100.0103.0100.0103.0104.9104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score104.0103.0102.0104.0103.0104.0106.5105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard63%52%46%61%58%67%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard55%51%54%68%54%70%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)71%57%56%61%52%53%
Reading progressReading progress score-2.6+0.5-1.1+0.0
Maths progressMaths progress score-3.1-0.3-2.5+0.2
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged38%16%30%43%36%36%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged61%52%35%54%63%63%

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

† These results are for Paget Primary School, the school this one replaced in June 2024. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. 1 of the 4 gaps is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Low-income pupils vs other pupils
38%61%
Gap 23 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
39%59%
Gap 20 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Pupils learning English vs all pupils
39%48%
Gap 9 ptsEngland 4 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
0%3%
Gap 3 ptsEngland 5 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

A few spare places379 pupils for 420 places, 2024/25
90% full

About 41 places were empty, so most families who apply get in, though a popular year group can still fill up.

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 a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll359Census January 2026
Places44680% full
Pupils from low-income families52%53% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English34%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support22%80 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan5%19 pupils with a plan
Average class size23.915 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils0%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)53%£289,850 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls175 / 184
White British pupils27%

Specialist SEND provision. Resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) with 15 pupils, for autism.

To get a place in the unit or resourced provision, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school. Other schools in Birmingham with autism provision.

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 20.8 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 27.3 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Moderate learning difficulty (31), Autistic spectrum disorder (29), language and communications needs (26), emotional and mental health (13).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census20262025
Pupils on roll359405
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals52%45%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language34%35%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support22%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans5%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.1% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance95.1%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school9.8%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils0.32024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission2.0%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/24†2022/23†2021/22†2020/21†2018/19†England
Sessions missedOverall absence5.0%5.3%6.1%5.8%3.9%4.5%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence3.0%3.4%3.4%3.8%2.3%2.4%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence2.0%1.8%2.7%2.0%1.5%2.1%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence9.8%14.3%17.4%14.2%7.9%9.8%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate0.3
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions0

† These attendance figures are for Paget Primary School, the school this one replaced in June 2024. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.

Staff and money

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

Teachers22.6full-time equivalent, 24 people
Pupils per teacher15.8Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers92%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants10.2full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£50,265
Teachers who left in the year3%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher3.42024/25

Money

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

Spend per pupil£6,308England £7,128. Total £2.5m
Income per pupil£8,326England £7,587. Total £3.3m
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,293England £3,405
Money in reserve-9%In the red: -£291k, -£740 per pupil. England 9%
Money in against money out+£793kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£6,308spent 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 m34512 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate80 per 1,000 people12% lower 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 primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Gunter Primary SchoolCouncil640 m182No overall grade 202412Compare
St Peter and St Paul RC Junior and Infant SchoolAcademy640 m197Good 202343Compare
Birches Green Primary SchoolAcademy900 m442Not inspected11Compare
Saint Barnabas Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy1000 m441Good 202352Compare
Yenton Primary SchoolAcademy0.7 miles564Good 202440Compare
Penns Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles203Report card 202692Compare
Abbey Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy0.9 miles419Good 202465Compare
Osborne Primary SchoolAcademy0.9 miles410Good 202413Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Paget Primary School with the 49 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 49 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats43%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
In the lower half of its group. Its score of 16 is 6 points below the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 2 · middle 22 · highest 99100

Nearby schools with a similar mix of pupils that score higher

Of those 49 schools, these are within 25 km and score at least five points more than Paget Primary School, nearest first. A school with the same kind of pupils and a higher score is the fairest sign that it gets more out of them.

SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Warren Farm Primary SchoolAcademy2.8 miles319Good 202342Compare
Grendon Primary SchoolCouncil8.1 miles309Not inspected33Compare
World's End Junior SchoolCouncil8.5 miles353Good 202344Compare
Northfield Manor Primary AcademyAcademy8.8 miles373Report card 202689Compare
Stowlawn Primary SchoolCouncil12.0 miles428Good 202329Compare

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 16 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 16% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 8 to 31. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years25%below
-0.27
2025 results; 62 pupils
Ofsted inspection20%in line
+0.01
Ofsted grade, 2.9 years old
Progress pupils make20%below
-0.19
Contextualised attainment (no DfE progress measure available); 62 pupils
Direction of travel over five years0%no data
Attendance and behaviour10%in line
+0.03
2024/25; 358 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%below
-0.09
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 62 pupils
What parents say0%no data

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is Paget Primary School a good school?

The figures are weak. Paget Primary School scores 16 out of 100. That is below schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 43% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 8 to 31, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much.

What is Paget Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Paget Primary School good at its last full inspection on 10 October 2023.

How good are Paget Primary School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 48% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 3% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Paget Primary School have?

359 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 446 places, so it is 80% full.

Is Paget Primary School oversubscribed?

Probably not. 41 places were empty in 2024/25 (10% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.

What is attendance like at Paget Primary School?

Pupils were in school 95.1% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 10% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Paget Primary School?

The average class had 23.9 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.

Does Paget Primary School have specialist SEND provision?

Yes. It has resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) for autism. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.

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

Contact and details

Address
Paget Road, Pype Hayes, Birmingham, B24 0JP
Telephone
0121 464 3902
Website
www.paget.bham.sch.uk
Headteacher
Miss Jenny Maskell
Type of school
Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Multi-academy trust
The Arthur Terry Learning Partnership (24 schools)
Local authority
Birmingham
Ward
Pype Hayes
Constituency
Birmingham Erdington
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 June 2024 (academy converter)
URN
150639 · LAESTAB 3302149 · UKPRN 10094484
Formerly
Paget Primary School

Where these figures come from