Primary school

Short Heath Junior School

  • Community School
  • ages 7–11
  • Mixed
  • Walsall
  • WV12 4DS
Ofsted Good · inspected May 2017

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 14,435 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 96%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 60%60%2016/17: top 81%2017/18: top 40%2018/19: top 55%2022/23: top 20%20% · 2022/232023/24: top 75%2024/25: top 96%No exams

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

Expected standard, RWM33% · West Midlands 65%1/10 Well below West Midlands−45.9 pts
Higher standard, RWM0% · West Midlands 7%1/10 Well below West Midlands
Reading score103 · West Midlands 1052/10 Well below West Midlands−27.2 pts
Maths score103 · West Midlands 1053/10 Below−6.2 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 50% · 54 pupils · West Midlands 53%2016/17: 49% · 59 pupils · West Midlands 61%2017/18: 71% · 59 pupils · West Midlands 65%2018/19: 66% · 58 pupils · West Midlands 66%2022/23: 74% · 62 pupils · West Midlands 61%2023/24: 52% · 63 pupils · West Midlands 62%2024/25: 33% · 94 pupils · West Midlands 65%74%33%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 7% · 54 pupils · West Midlands 3%2016/17: 2% · 59 pupils · West Midlands 7%2017/18: 7% · 59 pupils · West Midlands 8%2018/19: 0% · 58 pupils · West Midlands 9%2022/23: 5% · 62 pupils · West Midlands 6%2023/24: 2% · 63 pupils · West Midlands 6%2024/25: 0% · 94 pupils · West Midlands 7%7%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 101 · 54 pupils · West Midlands 1022016/17: 104 · 59 pupils · West Midlands 1042017/18: 107 · 59 pupils · West Midlands 1052018/19: 104 · 58 pupils · West Midlands 1042022/23: 106 · 62 pupils · West Midlands 1052023/24: 102 · 63 pupils · West Midlands 1052024/25: 103 · 94 pupils · West Midlands 105107101No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 104 · 54 pupils · West Midlands 1032016/17: 102 · 59 pupils · West Midlands 1042017/18: 105 · 59 pupils · West Midlands 1042018/19: 104 · 58 pupils · West Midlands 1052022/23: 104 · 62 pupils · West Midlands 1042023/24: 102 · 63 pupils · West Midlands 1042024/25: 103 · 94 pupils · West Midlands 105105102No exams

Getting in

No admissions figures or last distance offered published

Inspections · 2008–2022

  1. 2008Satisfactory
  2. 2010Satisfactory
  3. 2013Requires improvement
  4. 2015Requires improvement
  5. 2015Ungraded visit
  6. 2017Good
  7. 2019Ungraded visit
  8. 2022Remains Good

4 strong areas

  • Outcomes for pupils
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management
  • Personal development, behaviour and welfare
  • Quality of teaching, learning and assessment

0 weak areas

4 areas graded

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026305
Free school meals (past 6 years)45.8%
First language not English17.0%
SEN support25.6%
EHC plan11.3%
Absence (sessions missed)9.2%
Persistently absent pupils30.3%

Girls 43.5%Boys 56.5%

92.4% full · 330 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher15.9
Pupils per adult8.0
  • Classroom teachers 15.6
  • Leadership 3.6
  • Teaching assistants 17.3
  • Other support 10.3

Teachers 19.2 FTE · Whole workforce 46.8 · 67 people

Financials · 2025/26

  • No datarevenue reserve

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