The Oval School

A good academy converter school in Birmingham. Explore Ofsted ratings, admissions information, and performance data for The Oval School.

Birmingham, B338JG Ofsted: Good Age 3-11 Mixed intake
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Performance Score

Overall school rating

63

/ 100

Primary weighted harmonic mean of 3 indicators

Indicators used for Primary schools

KS2 pupils meeting expected standard
56.9
/ 100 normalized
Weight: 40.0%
Raw: 67.0%
KS2 pupils exceeding expected standard
63.1
/ 100 normalized
Weight: 30.0%
Raw: 13.0%
Ofsted inspection outcome
75.0
/ 100 normalized
Weight: 30.0%
Raw: Good

How we weight each phase

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Primary schools

  • KS2 pupils meeting expected standard 40.0%
  • KS2 pupils exceeding expected standard 30.0%
  • Ofsted inspection outcome 30.0%

Secondary schools

  • Progress 8 score 40.0%
  • English & Maths grade 4+ % 30.0%
  • Ofsted inspection outcome 30.0%

All-through schools

  • Progress 8 score 25.0%
  • English & Maths grade 4+ % 20.0%
  • KS2 pupils meeting expected standard 20.0%
  • KS2 pupils exceeding expected standard 15.0%
  • Ofsted inspection outcome 20.0%

Secondary with Sixth Form schools

  • Progress 8 score 20.0%
  • English & Maths grade 4+ % 20.0%
  • Continue in education or training 20.0%
  • Sustained employment 20.0%
  • Ofsted inspection outcome 20.0%

Sixth Form Only schools

  • Continue in education or training 40.0%
  • Sustained employment 30.0%
  • Ofsted inspection outcome 30.0%

Special schools

  • Ofsted inspection outcome 100.0%

Alternative Provision schools

  • Ofsted inspection outcome 100.0%

Independent schools

  • Ofsted inspection outcome 100.0%

Ofsted Inspection

Official inspection outcomes

Good
Overall effectiveness
Good
Last inspected
20 June 2013
Previous grade
Outstanding
Quality of education
9
Behaviour & attitudes
9
Personal development
9
Leadership & management
Good
Safeguarding
9

Source: Ofsted inspection outcomes. Grades: Outstanding, Good, Requires Improvement, Inadequate.

Contact Information

How to reach this school

Source: GIAS
Address
Whittington Oval
Yardley
Birmingham, B338JG
Phone
1214643248
Website
theoval.drbignitemat.org

Location

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Source: Geocoding
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School Information

Basic details and characteristics

Source: GIAS
URN
143087
Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Address
Whittington Oval, Yardley, Birmingham, B33 8JG
Website
www.theoval.drbignitemat.org
Age range
3-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
School status
Open
Trust/MAT
DRB IGNITE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Capacity
708 pupils
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Sixth Form
No
Nursery
Yes

School Performance Data

Official government statistics

Source: DfE

School Demographics

Total Pupils
657
Free School Meals
61.2% (402 pupils)
Special Educational Needs
1.4% (9 pupils)

Daily Attendance

Attendance Rate
92.4%
Good
Persistent Absence
24.5%
Missing 10%+ of school days

Detailed Performance Metrics

Meeting Expected Standard:
67.0%
Exceeding Expected Standard:
13.0%
Reading Score:
106.0
Maths Score:
104.0
Grammar Score:
107.0

Historical Performance

Year Mat Average Read Average
2024 104.0 106.0
2023 104.0 105.0

Historical data shows year-over-year performance trends

Calculated Fields

Derived insights and analysis

Source: Calculated

Class Size Information

Average Class Size
24 pupils
Very Good
Pupils per Year Group
73
Average across all year groups
Total School Size
657 pupils
3-11

Performance Trend

Improving trend (+0.5 per year)

Up 0.5% over 3 years

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From the School Website

Information extracted from the school's own website

Source: School Website

Ethos & Values

"All pupils achieve the highest standard of educational outcomes regardless of circumstance or background"

Health and wellbeing Participation and engagement Relationships Self-esteem and confidence

Head Teacher's Message

I am pleased to welcome you to The Oval website where we hope to give you a taste of The Oval School, as well as providing information for both parents, pupils and the wider community. Children’s wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do. We believe we do this by developing a strong partnership between school and the family so that we can bring out the best in our children. For children to reach their full potential we need to enable them to be the best learners they can by making them play an active part in their learning in the classroom and beyond.

Curriculum Highlights

content is well sequenced and provides a progressive framework for learning a coherent and consistent rationale that underpins the whole curriculum and is in place across all schools a consistent assessment framework for each subject discipline which is used to evaluate the impact of the planned curriculum and inform further provision well-developed and planned cross curricular opportunities that are used for revisiting and embedding learning (interleaving/cross contextualisation) individual subject discipline progression routes that outline the skills and knowledge pupils should secure at each stage of their development curriculum is language rich and enables the successful development of communication skills and understanding of vocabulary meets the aims, purpose and objectives outlined in the National Curriculum for each subject discipline content is inclusive and representative of our schools and wider communities

Wraparound Care

After-School Care: Yes

Before and After School Clubs

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