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George Dixon Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 283Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 103200URN

City Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B17 8LE · School website

This school is due to be replaced by George Dixon Primary.

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Requires significant improvement

Report card · inspected Feb 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
0.5 below Birmingham median (2.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Birmingham

56 applications for 25 places · 197th of 262 in Birmingham
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
26%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Requires significant improvement

Report card · inspected 24 February 2026Published 11 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingUrgent improvement
AchievementUrgent improvement
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
Early yearsNeeds attention
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 24 February 2026
    Report card · 5 Needs attention, 2 Urgent improvement
  2. 14 November 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.2applications per place, Reception
0.5 below Birmingham median (2.7) close to England median (2.2)

56 applications · 25 places offered · 23 named it first

  1. 2026 2.2; Birmingham median median 2.7
  2. 2025 3.0; Birmingham median median 2.7
  3. 2024 3.8; Birmingham median median 2.7
  4. 2023 2.5; Birmingham median median 2.7
  5. 2022 3.1; Birmingham median median 2.7
  6. 2021 2.2; Birmingham median median 2.8
  7. 2020 1.5; Birmingham median median 2.8
  8. 2019 1.7; Birmingham median median 2.8
  9. 2018 1.6; Birmingham median median 2.7
  10. 2017 1.4; Birmingham median median 2.5
  11. 2016 1.3; Birmingham median median 2.2
  12. 2015 1.1; Birmingham median median 2.1
  13. 2014 1.3; Birmingham median median 2.1
  • This school
  • Birmingham median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202625562.2230.92
Sep 202521623.0190.90
Sep 202414533.8130.93
Sep 202322542.5210.95
Sep 202214443.1141.00
Sep 202126582.2230.88
Sep 202034521.5290.85
Sep 201939671.7310.79
Sep 201851831.6300.59
Sep 201759841.4290.49
Sep 201660751.3410.68
Sep 201559661.1310.53
Sep 201456701.3280.50

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 44% · Writing 47% · Maths 39% → all three 26% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard26%254th of 257 in Birmingham
Reading
Expected standard44%
Higher standard14%
Average scaled score 100 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard47%
Greater depth0%
Maths
Expected standard39%
Higher standard16%
Average scaled score 99 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Birmingham median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2526%0%10099
2023/2453%0%101101
2022/2329%0%10199

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
103200 · 330/2079
Capacity
300 pupils · 283 on roll
Free school meals
49.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 1900
Address
City Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B17 8LE
Local authority
Birmingham

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources