The Olive School, Birmingham

State-Funded School

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West MidlandsRegion

BirminghamLocal Authority

Birmingham Hall Green and MoseleyConstituency

B11 3EYPostcode

9.9

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

The Olive School, Birmingham is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Birmingham, West Midlands.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 631 pupils. The Olive School, Birmingham is part of STAR ACADEMIES.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 91%
Higher standard: 29%
Reading score: 109
Maths score: 110

Ethnicity

White

Asian

65%

Black

Mixed

10%

Any other group

Unclassified

15%

Pupils

631

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

46%

England average

27%

First language not English

41%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 631
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: STAR ACADEMIES

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 12 February 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
22 Jul 2019	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.