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Delves Junior School

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  • ages 7–11
  • Mixed
  • Walsall
  • WS5 4PU
Ofsted Good · inspected Jan 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 13,359 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 89%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 63%63%2016/17: top 69%2017/18: top 53%2018/19: top 51%51% · 2018/192022/23: top 56%2023/24: top 52%2024/25: top 89%No exams

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

Expected standard, RWM44% · West Midlands 65%1/10 Well below West Midlands−42.2 pts
Higher standard, RWM1% · West Midlands 7%2/10 Well below West Midlands−48.7 pts
Reading score107 · West Midlands 1057/10 Above+11.4 pts
Maths score105 · West Midlands 1055/10 Middle−25.9 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 49% · 89 pupils · West Midlands 53%2016/17: 55% · 89 pupils · West Midlands 61%2017/18: 66% · 88 pupils · West Midlands 65%2018/19: 67% · 88 pupils · West Midlands 66%2022/23: 59% · 93 pupils · West Midlands 61%2023/24: 62% · 91 pupils · West Midlands 62%2024/25: 44% · 91 pupils · West Midlands 65%67%44%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 6% · 89 pupils · West Midlands 3%2016/17: 6% · 89 pupils · West Midlands 7%2017/18: 13% · 88 pupils · West Midlands 8%2018/19: 11% · 88 pupils · West Midlands 9%2022/23: 12% · 93 pupils · West Midlands 6%2023/24: 4% · 91 pupils · West Midlands 6%2024/25: 1% · 91 pupils · West Midlands 7%13%1%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 100 · 89 pupils · West Midlands 1022016/17: 102 · 89 pupils · West Midlands 1042017/18: 105 · 88 pupils · West Midlands 1052018/19: 105 · 88 pupils · West Midlands 1042022/23: 104 · 93 pupils · West Midlands 1052023/24: 107 · 91 pupils · West Midlands 1052024/25: 107 · 91 pupils · West Midlands 105107100No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 103 · 89 pupils · West Midlands 1032016/17: 104 · 89 pupils · West Midlands 1042017/18: 105 · 88 pupils · West Midlands 1042018/19: 107 · 88 pupils · West Midlands 1052022/23: 103 · 93 pupils · West Midlands 1042023/24: 106 · 91 pupils · West Midlands 1042024/25: 105 · 91 pupils · West Midlands 105107103No exams

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No admissions figures or last distance offered published

Inspections · 2006–2022

  1. 2006Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2009Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2012Satisfactoryas predecessor
  4. 2013Goodas predecessor
  5. 2018Requires improvementas predecessor
  6. 2022Goodas predecessor

4 strong areas

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

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026365
Free school meals (past 6 years)37.3%
First language not English63.3%
SEN support15.2%
EHC plan2.2%
Absence (sessions missed)5.0%
Persistently absent pupils12.1%

Girls 52.5%Boys 47.5%

101.4% full · 360 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher22.1
Pupils per adult11.4
  • Classroom teachers 14.7
  • Leadership 1.8
  • Teaching assistants 15.5
  • Other support 5.3

Teachers 16.5 FTE · Whole workforce 37.3 · 54 people

Financials · 2024/25

Per-pupil figures left out: this return covers 3 months.

  • +£469,000revenue reserve
  • +£47,000in-year balance

Multi-academy trust: THE FORGE BROOK TRUST (5 academies) · trust reserve £4,538,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it