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Primary · B17 · Birmingham

George Dixon Primary School

City Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B17 8LE

Requires improvement

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedRequires improvement
Attendance94.5%
Attainment26% met expected standard (KS2)
AdmissionsUsually oversubscribed
Pupils283

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Requires improvement

Latest visit (May 2026): renewed Ofsted format (no single overall grade) — curriculum and teaching and achievement urgent improvement; inclusion, attendance and behaviour, personal development and wellbeing, leadership and governance and early years needs attention. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in B17. Where we have them, council (Birmingham) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
283
Free school meals
49.1%
20.1% above district average (29%)

Also: Birmingham 45.4% · England 24.7%

SEN
16.7%
10.3% below district average (27%)

Also: Birmingham 18.8% · England 18.2%

EAL
51.9%
18.6% above district average (33.3%)
Attendance
94.5%
1% below district average (95.5%)

Also: Birmingham 94.1% · England 94.8%

Persistent absence
17.5%
Attainment
26% met expected standard (KS2)

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the B17 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2195.4%
  • 2021/2292.9%
  • 2022/2393.3%
  • 2023/2493.9%
  • 2024/2593.2%

KS2 attainment

Share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (all pupils).

  • 2022/2329%
  • 2023/2453%
  • 2024/2526%

Admissions

Demand signal
Usually oversubscribed
Published capacity (GIAS)
300
Pupils on roll
283

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Birmingham page.

SEN support

SEN %
16.7%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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