Primary school

Bleakhouse Primary School

  • Community School
  • ages 4–11
  • Mixed
  • Sandwell
  • B68 9DS
Ofsted Good · inspected Jun 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 12,628 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 84%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 84%84%2016/17: top 90%2017/18: top 67%2018/19: top 76%2022/23: top 59%59% · 2022/232023/24: top 81%2024/25: top 84%No exams

Against West MidlandsArrows: West Midlands rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM48% · West Midlands 65%2/10 Well below West Midlands−12.6 pts
Higher standard, RWM5% · West Midlands 7%4/10 Below−28 pts
Reading score103 · West Midlands 1052/10 Well below West Midlands−14 pts
Maths score103 · West Midlands 1053/10 Below
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 37% · 60 pupils · West Midlands 53%2016/17: 41% · 61 pupils · West Midlands 61%2017/18: 60% · 57 pupils · West Midlands 65%2018/19: 56% · 59 pupils · West Midlands 66%2022/23: 58% · 62 pupils · West Midlands 61%2023/24: 49% · 63 pupils · West Midlands 62%2024/25: 48% · 56 pupils · West Midlands 65%60%37%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 3% · 60 pupils · West Midlands 3%2016/17: 3% · 61 pupils · West Midlands 7%2017/18: 7% · 57 pupils · West Midlands 8%2018/19: 12% · 59 pupils · West Midlands 9%2022/23: 5% · 62 pupils · West Midlands 6%2023/24: 0% · 63 pupils · West Midlands 6%2024/25: 5% · 56 pupils · West Midlands 7%12%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 100 · 60 pupils · West Midlands 1022016/17: 101 · 61 pupils · West Midlands 1042017/18: 104 · 57 pupils · West Midlands 1052018/19: 103 · 59 pupils · West Midlands 1042022/23: 103 · 62 pupils · West Midlands 1052023/24: 103 · 63 pupils · West Midlands 1052024/25: 103 · 56 pupils · West Midlands 105104100No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 101 · 60 pupils · West Midlands 1032016/17: 102 · 61 pupils · West Midlands 1042017/18: 104 · 57 pupils · West Midlands 1042018/19: 103 · 59 pupils · West Midlands 1052022/23: 102 · 62 pupils · West Midlands 1042023/24: 102 · 63 pupils · West Midlands 1042024/25: 103 · 56 pupils · West Midlands 105104101No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
42 of 42 who put it first2014 · 77.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st4242
2nd404
3rd221

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2009–2023

  1. 2009Satisfactory
  2. 2010Goodas predecessor
  3. 2013Good
  4. 2014Goodas predecessor
  5. 2017Good
  6. 2019Remains Goodas predecessor
  7. 2020Inadequateas predecessor
  8. 2023Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026432
Free school meals (past 6 years)31.4%
First language not English26.7%
SEN support14.2%
EHC plan2.1%
Absence (sessions missed)5.6%
Persistently absent pupils18.1%

Girls 47.7%Boys 52.3%

96.9% full · 446 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher24.9
Pupils per adult12.5
  • Classroom teachers 15.8
  • Leadership 1
  • Teaching assistants 15.7
  • Other support 8

Teachers 16.8 FTE · Whole workforce 40.4 · 66 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£7,221
Spend per pupil£7,035
Staff spend per pupil£5,310
Reserve per pupil£846
  • +£354,291revenue reserve
  • +£77,791in-year balance

Grants £6,800 · self-generated £430 · premises £284 per pupil