Primary school

Hillary Primary School

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  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Walsall
  • WS2 9BP
Ofsted Requires improvement · inspected Jun 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 11,836 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 79%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 75%75%2016/17: top 74%2017/18: top 63%2018/19: top 78%2022/23: top 66%2023/24: top 60%60% · 2023/242024/25: top 79%No exams

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

Expected standard, RWM52% · West Midlands 65%2/10 Well below West Midlands−5.5 pts
Higher standard, RWM0% · West Midlands 7%1/10 Well below West Midlands−48 pts
Reading score104 · West Midlands 1053/10 Below−46.8 pts
Maths score104 · West Midlands 1054/10 Below−9.4 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 43% · 61 pupils · West Midlands 53%2016/17: 53% · 78 pupils · West Midlands 61%2017/18: 62% · 84 pupils · West Midlands 65%2018/19: 55% · 87 pupils · West Midlands 66%2022/23: 55% · 88 pupils · West Midlands 61%2023/24: 59% · 86 pupils · West Midlands 62%2024/25: 52% · 91 pupils · West Midlands 65%62%43%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 2% · 61 pupils · West Midlands 3%2016/17: 1% · 78 pupils · West Midlands 7%2017/18: 5% · 84 pupils · West Midlands 8%2018/19: 9% · 87 pupils · West Midlands 9%2022/23: 5% · 88 pupils · West Midlands 6%2023/24: 2% · 86 pupils · West Midlands 6%2024/25: 0% · 91 pupils · West Midlands 7%9%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 100 · 61 pupils · West Midlands 1022016/17: 103 · 78 pupils · West Midlands 1042017/18: 104 · 84 pupils · West Midlands 1052018/19: 106 · 87 pupils · West Midlands 1042022/23: 102 · 88 pupils · West Midlands 1052023/24: 104 · 86 pupils · West Midlands 1052024/25: 104 · 91 pupils · West Midlands 105106100No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 102 · 61 pupils · West Midlands 1032016/17: 103 · 78 pupils · West Midlands 1042017/18: 104 · 84 pupils · West Midlands 1042018/19: 105 · 87 pupils · West Midlands 1052022/23: 103 · 88 pupils · West Midlands 1042023/24: 104 · 86 pupils · West Midlands 1042024/25: 104 · 91 pupils · West Midlands 105105102No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
74 of 74 who put it first2014 · 92.6%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st7474
2nd160
3rd70

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2006–2023

  1. 2006Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2009Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2011Goodas predecessor
  4. 2016Requires improvementas predecessor
  5. 2016Ungraded visitas predecessor
  6. 2018Goodas predecessor
  7. 2023Requires 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 2026675
Free school meals (past 6 years)40.7%
First language not English64.6%
SEN support17.8%
EHC plan3.6%
Absence (sessions missed)5.7%
Persistently absent pupils18.3%

Girls 51.2%Boys 48.8%

95.3% full · 708 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher20.6
Pupils per adult11.0
  • Classroom teachers 26
  • Leadership 5
  • Teaching assistants 25.6
  • Other support 13.4

Teachers 31 FTE · Whole workforce 70 · 92 people

Financials · 2024/25

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

  • +£561,000revenue reserve
  • −£13,000in-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