Primary school

Gossey Lane Academy

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  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Birmingham
  • B33 0DS
Ofsted areas (no overall grade) · inspected Jun 2025

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 7,950 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 53%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 98%98%2016/17: top 92%2017/18: top 92%2018/19: top 94%2022/23: top 55%2023/24: top 42%42% · 2023/242024/25: top 53%No exams

Against West Midlands

Expected standard, RWM63% · West Midlands 65%5/10 Middle
Higher standard, RWM10% · West Midlands 7%7/10 Above
Reading score108 · West Midlands 1058/10 Above
Maths score103 · West Midlands 1053/10 Below
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 17% · 30 pupils · West Midlands 53%2016/17: 39% · 31 pupils · West Midlands 61%2017/18: 43% · 28 pupils · West Midlands 65%2018/19: 41% · 27 pupils · West Midlands 66%2022/23: 60% · 30 pupils · West Midlands 61%2023/24: 66% · 29 pupils · West Midlands 62%2024/25: 63% · 30 pupils · West Midlands 65%66%17%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 30 pupils · West Midlands 3%2016/17: 0% · 31 pupils · West Midlands 7%2017/18: 0% · 28 pupils · West Midlands 8%2018/19: 7% · 27 pupils · West Midlands 9%2022/23: 3% · 30 pupils · West Midlands 6%2023/24: 7% · 29 pupils · West Midlands 6%2024/25: 10% · 30 pupils · West Midlands 7%10%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 95 · 30 pupils · West Midlands 1022016/17: 100 · 31 pupils · West Midlands 1042017/18: 100 · 28 pupils · West Midlands 1052018/19: 100 · 27 pupils · West Midlands 1042022/23: 107 · 30 pupils · West Midlands 1052023/24: 106 · 29 pupils · West Midlands 1052024/25: 108 · 30 pupils · West Midlands 10510895No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 96 · 30 pupils · West Midlands 1032016/17: 100 · 31 pupils · West Midlands 1042017/18: 99 · 28 pupils · West Midlands 1042018/19: 101 · 27 pupils · West Midlands 1052022/23: 104 · 30 pupils · West Midlands 1042023/24: 107 · 29 pupils · West Midlands 1042024/25: 103 · 30 pupils · West Midlands 10510796No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
18 of 18 who put it first2014 · 70.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st1818
2nd263
3rd281

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2005–2025

  • Personal developmentOutstanding
  • Quality of educationGood
  • Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
  • Early years provisionGood
  • Leadership and managementGood
  • SafeguardingEffective
  1. 2005Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2008Goodas predecessor
  3. 2012Satisfactoryas predecessor
  4. 2014Goodas predecessor
  5. 2019Requires improvement
  6. 2023Requires improvement
  7. 2024Ungraded visit
  8. 2025Lowest Good

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026183
Free school meals (past 6 years)69.0%
First language not English18.7%
SEN support19.3%
EHC plan1.6%
Absence (sessions missed)6.7%
Persistently absent pupils20.1%

Girls 54%Boys 46%

87.1% full · 210 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher16.6
Pupils per adult10.2
  • Classroom teachers 10
  • Leadership 1
  • Teaching assistants 7
  • Other support 6.3

Teachers 11 FTE · Whole workforce 24.3 · 33 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,688
Spend per pupil£8,167
Staff spend per pupil£6,285
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£97,000in-year balance

Grants £8,575 · self-generated £113 · premises £398 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: WASHWOOD HEATH MULTI ACADEMY TRUST (7 academies) · trust reserve £5,113,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it