The Olive School, Small Heath
Primary schoolThe Olive School, Small Heath is a primary school in Birmingham, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 420 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), January 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 23 January 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 97% of pupils at The Olive School, Small Heath met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Birmingham and 62% in England.
33% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Birmingham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 97% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 33% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 112 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 114 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Darul Uloom Islamic High SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file490 m
- Lift MontgomeryPrimary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)590 m
- Jamia Islamia BirminghamIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file590 m
- Holy Trinity Catholic SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), September 2023. Attainment 8 of 41.4 (2025/26, provisional)590 m
- Greenfields Primary SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file660 m
- Gracelands Nursery SchoolNursery. Standards maintained, October 2024690 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Birmingham
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).