Primary school

Rowley Hall Primary School

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Sandwell
  • B65 9HU
Ofsted Requires improvement · inspected Jul 2024

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 13,036 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 87%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 98%98%2016/17: top 66%2017/18: top 56%56% · 2017/182018/19: top 90%2022/23: top 84%2023/24: top 84%2024/25: top 87%No exams

Against West Midlands

Expected standard, RWM46% · West Midlands 65%2/10 Well below West Midlands
Higher standard, RWM2% · West Midlands 7%2/10 Well below West Midlands
Reading score102 · West Midlands 1051/10 Well below West Midlands
Maths score101 · West Midlands 1051/10 Well below West Midlands
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 19% · 63 pupils · West Midlands 53%2016/17: 57% · 60 pupils · West Midlands 61%2017/18: 65% · 60 pupils · West Midlands 65%2018/19: 47% · 90 pupils · West Midlands 66%2022/23: 45% · 89 pupils · West Midlands 61%2023/24: 47% · 87 pupils · West Midlands 62%2024/25: 46% · 90 pupils · West Midlands 65%65%19%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 63 pupils · West Midlands 3%2016/17: 3% · 60 pupils · West Midlands 7%2017/18: 5% · 60 pupils · West Midlands 8%2018/19: 3% · 90 pupils · West Midlands 9%2022/23: 6% · 89 pupils · West Midlands 6%2023/24: 1% · 87 pupils · West Midlands 6%2024/25: 2% · 90 pupils · West Midlands 7%6%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 98 · 63 pupils · West Midlands 1022016/17: 102 · 60 pupils · West Midlands 1042017/18: 105 · 60 pupils · West Midlands 1052018/19: 101 · 90 pupils · West Midlands 1042022/23: 103 · 89 pupils · West Midlands 1052023/24: 103 · 87 pupils · West Midlands 1052024/25: 102 · 90 pupils · West Midlands 10510598No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 98 · 63 pupils · West Midlands 1032016/17: 102 · 60 pupils · West Midlands 1042017/18: 104 · 60 pupils · West Midlands 1042018/19: 102 · 90 pupils · West Midlands 1052022/23: 101 · 89 pupils · West Midlands 1042023/24: 103 · 87 pupils · West Midlands 1042024/25: 101 · 90 pupils · West Midlands 10510498No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
62 of 62 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st6262
2nd211
3rd130

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2005–2024

  1. 2005Inadequateas predecessor
  2. 2006Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2010Satisfactoryas predecessor
  4. 2012Goodas predecessor
  5. 2018Requires improvementas predecessor
  6. 2021Requires improvementas predecessor
  7. 2023Ungraded visitas predecessor
  8. 2024Requires improvementas predecessor

3 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision

2 weak areas

  • Quality of education
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026585
Free school meals (past 6 years)43.7%
First language not English15.6%
SEN support13.1%
EHC plan1.8%
Absence (sessions missed)9.4%
Persistently absent pupils31.1%

Girls 47.7%Boys 52.3%

84.8% full · 690 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher21.0
Pupils per adult10.9
  • Classroom teachers 24.9
  • Leadership 2.6
  • Teaching assistants 23.3
  • Other support 6.5

Teachers 27.5 FTE · Whole workforce 57.3 · 74 people

Financials · 2024/25

Per-pupil figures left out: this return covers 7 months.

  • £0revenue reserve
  • −£12,000in-year balance

Multi-academy trust: THE ELLIOT FOUNDATION ACADEMIES TRUST (36 academies) · trust reserve £7,576,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it