1Dorrington Academy
Birmingham · ages 3 to 11 · URN138218
651 pupils / 623 at Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy2025/26 · Academic year
Add to comparison- Free school meals: 0.1 percentage points higher
- First language other than English: 1.3 percentage points higher
- SEND: 3.14 percentage points higher
- 28 more pupils
Sources, Ofsted & match details
- Report card inspection · inspected 30 June 2026 · published 15 July 2026 · monthly file dated 30 September 2026
Safeguarding standards: Met; Inclusion: Strong standard; Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Ungraded inspection (previous framework) · inspected 4 June 2025 · published 8 July 2025 · monthly file dated 30 September 2026
Outcome: Some aspects not as strong
- Graded inspection (previous framework) · inspected 6 November 2019 · published 8 December 2019 · monthly file dated 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding; Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding; Safeguarding is effective: Yes; Early years: Outstanding
Matching score and calculation
Score -0.00573. A lower score means more similar pupil context. It is not a school rating or a percentage.
- FSM eligible (current eligibility): difference 0.1 percentage points; weight 45%; contribution 0.00045.
- First language other than English: difference 1.3 percentage points; weight 25%; contribution 0.00325.
- SEN support and EHC plans (derived percentage): difference 3.14 percentage points; weight 20%; contribution 0.00627.
- Total pupils: difference 28 pupils; weight 10%; contribution 0.00430.
- region: no matching bonus; contribution 0.00000.
- faith: same published context; contribution -0.01000.
- governance: same published context; contribution -0.01000.