Primary school

Ferndale Primary School

  • Community School
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Sandwell
  • B43 5QF
Ofsted Good · inspected Jun 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 6,814 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 46%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 72%72%2016/17: top 88%2017/18: top 45%45% · 2017/182018/19: top 48%2022/23: top 76%2023/24: top 85%2024/25: top 46%No exams

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

Expected standard, RWM66% · West Midlands 65%6/10 Middle
Higher standard, RWM14% · West Midlands 7%9/10 Top 20%+42 pts
Reading score107 · West Midlands 1057/10 Above+11.4 pts
Maths score106 · West Midlands 1057/10 Above+34.7 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 44% · 57 pupils · West Midlands 53%2016/17: 43% · 61 pupils · West Midlands 61%2017/18: 69% · 59 pupils · West Midlands 65%2018/19: 68% · 63 pupils · West Midlands 66%2022/23: 50% · 86 pupils · West Midlands 61%2023/24: 46% · 90 pupils · West Midlands 62%2024/25: 66% · 79 pupils · West Midlands 65%69%43%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 4% · 57 pupils · West Midlands 3%2016/17: 3% · 61 pupils · West Midlands 7%2017/18: 8% · 59 pupils · West Midlands 8%2018/19: 8% · 63 pupils · West Midlands 9%2022/23: 6% · 86 pupils · West Midlands 6%2023/24: 3% · 90 pupils · West Midlands 6%2024/25: 14% · 79 pupils · West Midlands 7%14%3%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 103 · 57 pupils · West Midlands 1022016/17: 101 · 61 pupils · West Midlands 1042017/18: 105 · 59 pupils · West Midlands 1052018/19: 105 · 63 pupils · West Midlands 1042022/23: 103 · 86 pupils · West Midlands 1052023/24: 103 · 90 pupils · West Midlands 1052024/25: 107 · 79 pupils · West Midlands 105107101No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 104 · 57 pupils · West Midlands 1032016/17: 100 · 61 pupils · West Midlands 1042017/18: 105 · 59 pupils · West Midlands 1042018/19: 104 · 63 pupils · West Midlands 1052022/23: 105 · 86 pupils · West Midlands 1042023/24: 101 · 90 pupils · West Midlands 1042024/25: 106 · 79 pupils · West Midlands 105106100No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
50 of 50 who put it first2014 · 93.7%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st5050
2nd359
3rd311

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2022

  1. 2007Good
  2. 2009Outstanding
  3. 2014Good
  4. 2018Requires improvement
  5. 2022Good

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 2026551
Free school meals (past 6 years)32.7%
First language not English25.0%
SEN support14.4%
EHC plan3.4%
Absence (sessions missed)4.7%
Persistently absent pupils9.7%

Girls 46.8%Boys 53.3%

81.3% full · 678 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher25.2
Pupils per adult11.7
  • Classroom teachers 17.4
  • Leadership 4
  • Teaching assistants 22.5
  • Other support 12.4

Teachers 21.4 FTE · Whole workforce 56.4 · 102 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£7,222
Spend per pupil£7,042
Staff spend per pupil£5,194
Reserve per pupil£1,018
  • +£549,417revenue reserve
  • +£97,051in-year balance

Grants £7,071 · self-generated £151 · premises £480 per pupil