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Story Wood School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMiss Jablai Saleh

location_onBirmingham, B23 5AJ

language Visit Website phone 1214643863

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Ofsted

Outstanding

Inspected 2013

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Students

234

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Expected Standard

75%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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Story Wood School is a Community school primary school in Birmingham, serving ages 3-11. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted — the highest possible grade. Ranks in the top 21% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Story Wood School is a community school in Birmingham, admitting pupils aged 3-11. The school has approximately 234 pupils on roll.

In 2025, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 11% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #56 of 296 primaries in Birmingham and #1,451 of 15,231 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2013. The school's current overall rating is Outstanding.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 14.2:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 45.6%.

In the 2023/24 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 5.4 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

75%

LA 60%

Reading82% LA 72%

Writing86% LA 69%

Maths93% LA 71%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

87%

LA 58%England 61%

Reading93% LA 70% · Eng 74%

Writing87% LA 69% · Eng 72%

Maths93% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Read SS

108

Maths SS

108

GPS SS

109

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

67%

LA 56%England 60%

Reading73% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Writing70% LA 67% · Eng 71%

Maths77% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

2.9

Read

LA 0.0

0.5 to 5.2

-1.0

Write

LA -0.2

-3.2 to 1.2

4.4

Maths

LA 0.3

2.2 to 6.6

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

67%

LA 60%England 65%

Reading77% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Writing80% LA 73% · Eng 78%

Maths83% LA 74% · Eng 79%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

110

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.3

Read

LA -0.2

-2.5 to 2.0

-0.9

Write

LA -0.3

-3.0 to 1.1

0.1

Maths

LA 0.1

-1.9 to 2.0

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

53%

LA 59%

Reading73% LA 69%

Writing77% LA 73%

Maths77% LA 70%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.9

Read

LA -0.4

-1.3 to 3.1

0.7

Write

LA -0.4

-1.4 to 2.8

0.4

Maths

LA -0.1

-1.6 to 2.4

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

No digital report timeline available.

Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2013-12-11

S5 Inspection EIF

Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

2011-09-26

None EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

5.2%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

3.5%(8 pupils)

Summer term 2024

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.063% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2024, this school served a headcount of 229 pupils. During this period, there were 12 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 5.2%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2023/24 (Summer term)	229	12	5.2%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	230	11	4.8%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	227	14	6.2%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	233	17	7.3%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	234	21	9.0%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	225	12	5.3%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	230	5	2.2%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	233	8	3.4%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	223	8	3.6%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	231	14	6.1%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	232	4	1.7%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	229	11	4.8%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	237	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	237	3	1.3%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	225	5	2.2%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	231	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	232	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2018/19 (Autumn term)	228	5	2.2%	0.5%	1
2017/18 (Summer term)	253	3	1.2%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	256	5	2.0%	0.4%	1
2017/18 (Autumn term)	244	4	1.6%	0.5%	0
2016/17 (Summer term)	318	1	0.3%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Spring term)	307	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Autumn term)	294	0	0.0%	0.5%	0