Academy sponsor led · Birmingham

Grestone Academy

2–11Ages
366Pupils
PrimaryPhase
139904URN

Grestone Avenue, Handsworth Wood, Birmingham, B20 1ND · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Dec 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.1per place

0.7 below Birmingham median (2.7)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Birmingham

76 applications for 37 places · 223rd of 262 in Birmingham

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

61%met the expected standard

Birmingham 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 13 December 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

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

2.1applications per place, Reception

0.7 below Birmingham median (2.7) close to England median (2.2)

76 applications · 37 places offered · 37 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

2026 2.1; Birmingham median median 2.7
2025 2.7; Birmingham median median 2.7
2024 2.4; Birmingham median median 2.7
2023 3.0; Birmingham median median 2.7
2022 2.3; Birmingham median median 2.7
2021 3.8; Birmingham median median 2.8
2020 1.7; Birmingham median median 2.8
2019 1.8; Birmingham median median 2.8
2018 2.2; Birmingham median median 2.7
2017 1.9; Birmingham median median 2.5
2016 1.0; Birmingham median median 2.2
2015 1.1; Birmingham median median 2.1
2014 1.8; 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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	37	76	2.1	37	1.00
Sep 2025	26	70	2.7	26	1.00
Sep 2024	24	58	2.4	21	0.88
Sep 2023	22	65	3.0	19	0.86
Sep 2022	27	63	2.3	28	1.04
Sep 2021	17	65	3.8	16	0.94
Sep 2020	47	80	1.7	32	0.68
Sep 2019	37	68	1.8	32	0.86
Sep 2018	30	67	2.2	24	0.80
Sep 2017	40	74	1.9	28	0.70
Sep 2016	55	56	1.0	23	0.42
Sep 2015	61	67	1.1	39	0.64
Sep 2014	45	79	1.8	29	0.64

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 66% · Writing 75% · Maths 79% → all three 61% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard61%159th of 257 in Birmingham

Birmingham 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard66%

Birmingham 78% England 78%

Higher standard29%

Birmingham 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard75%

Birmingham 74% England 75%

Greater depth5%

Birmingham 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard79%

Birmingham 77% England 77%

Higher standard27%

Birmingham 26% England 24%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Birmingham median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	61%	4%	104	105
2023/24	61%	6%	104	104
2022/23	40%	0%	100	102

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

Grestone AcademyThis school
This school

Good2023

2.1applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School
1.0 km · Birmingham

Good2023

1.8applications per place
Cherry Orchard Primary School
1.2 km · Birmingham

Good2023

2.9applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School
1.2 km · Birmingham

Standards maintained2025

3.3applications per place
Rookery School
1.2 km · Birmingham

Good2023

2.6applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
Dorrington Academy
1.3 km · Birmingham

2026

1.9applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
William Murdoch Primary School
1.5 km · Birmingham

Good2022

2.5applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
St Mark's Catholic Primary School
1.5 km · Birmingham

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.8applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
Hamstead Primary School
1.6 km · Sandwell

Remains Good2021

2.3applications per place 67%met the SATs standard

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: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 139904 · 330/2138
Trust: Hamstead Hall Academy Trust
Capacity: 450 pupils · 366 on roll
Free school meals: 47.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 October 2013
Replaced: Grestone Primary School (URN 131593)
Address: Grestone Avenue, Handsworth Wood, Birmingham, B20 1ND
Local authority: Birmingham

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