Park Hill Primary School

Park Hill Primary School demonstrates strong leadership and a positive school culture focused on safeguarding, personal development, and overall student well-being. Pupils are well-prepared for their future, exhibiting pride in their achievements and high levels of participation in school activities. The curriculum is broad and well-structured, particularly beneficial for children in early years. However, the school faces challenges with academic achievement, particularly in writing and mathematics, where performance currently falls below national averages. Leaders are actively seeking improvements in these areas, acknowledging the need for more consistent writing opportunities across subjects.

Strengths

• Strong safeguarding practices are in place.
• Coherent and ambitious personal development programme.
• High participation rates among disadvantaged and SEND pupils.
• Effective management of attendance and behaviour.
• Broad curriculum supported by regular teacher training.
• Strong emphasis on early years education.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils do not achieve as well as they should in reading, writing, and mathematics.
• Opportunities for writing across the curriculum are inconsistent.
• Mathematics outcomes, including Year 4 multiplication check scores, are below the national average.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Park Hill Primary School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Park Hill Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Park Hill Primary School had 19.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 21.6% of pupils at Park Hill Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Park Hill Primary School received £7,580 and spent £7,550 for each of its 224 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £131,000 (£586 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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All schools in Wednesbury · Sandwell local authority: places and applications

Park Hill Primary School is part of Wednesday Learning Community Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• Albert Pritchard Infant School Wednesbury
• Wood Green Junior School Wednesbury
• Moorlands Primary School West Bromwich
• Old Park Primary School Wednesbury
• Harvills Hawthorn Primary School West Bromwich

What is Park Hill Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Park Hill Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was Park Hill Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Park Hill Primary School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does Park Hill Primary School have?

Park Hill Primary School has 231 pupils on roll.

What age range does Park Hill Primary School cover?

Park Hill Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Park Hill Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 53% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Park Hill Primary School?

Park Hill Primary School is at Coronation Road, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 0TJ.