Parents in Birmingham will be looking at the different schools across the city to see which ones are right for their children.
As parents weigh up the different options, we have put together a list of the primary schools in the city which were rated as ‘requiring improvement’ during their latest inspection, according to the Ofsted website.
Schools across the country are regularly inspected by the education watchdog and are graded on a four-point scale. Although they aren’t inspected every year.
‘Outstanding’ is the top rating a school can receive, ‘good’ is second, ‘requires improvement’ the third and ‘inadequate’ is the worst. Teachers at schools across the country are currently taking part in strike action for better pay and funding for schools.
In England, the National Education Union is looking for a pay rise of 12% rather than the 5% offered so far by the government for most teachers. The unions say teachers’ pay has fallen by about 24% relative to inflation since 2010.
With this in mind, we’ve looked at all the primary schools in Birmingham which Ofsted said ‘requires improvement’ during their latest full inspections.

1. St George's Church of England Academy, Newtown
Published in September 2022, the latest Ofsted report, said: “In class, teachers keep pupils busy and help them see the link between effort and success. Reading is taught well, and the school has lots of quality books. Learning in mathematics and some other subjects requires improvement.” | Google

2. St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Handsworth
The school’s latest Ofsted inspection in 2021, read: “Leaders have designed learning units that are based on the school’s values and that will be relevant to pupils. For example, one history unit focuses the experiences of the Windrush generation. However, teachers have only very recently started to teach these units. It is too soon to judge whether pupils are learning well in these subjects.” | Google

3. St Edmund’s Catholic Primary School, Springhill
The school’s latest inspection in 2019, said: “Teaching across the school is not good enough. This is because teachers’ subject-specific knowledge is not strong enough.” | Google Street View

4. The Oratory Roman Catholic Primary School, Ladywood
The latest 2019 report, said: “Teaching is improving, and adults have increasingly high expectations about what pupils can achieve, but approaches to teaching remain inconsistent.” | Google