Highfields Primary School

Highfields Primary School is rated as a good school that continues to perform well in fostering an inclusive and supportive learning environment. The focus on pupil development and engagement is evident, with staff dedicated to ensuring that all pupils, including those with special educational needs, are given the support they need to thrive. Positive behaviour and a strong understanding of equality among pupils are strong highlights, reflecting the school’s emphasis on character development alongside academic achievement. However, the school faces challenges with attendance, particularly among disadvantaged groups, which remains an area for further improvement despite positive changes made in monitoring and support strategies.

Strengths

• Strong emphasis on inclusive education and support for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Highly trained staff deliver effective phonics and early reading instruction.
• Pupils develop a love for reading and become confident, independent readers.
• High standards of behaviour are expected and upheld across the school.
• A broad and well-structured curriculum is systematically taught across subjects.
• Pupils engage enthusiastically in a wide range of extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Attendance levels for some groups, including disadvantaged pupils, remain a concern.

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 Highfields Primary School attended 93.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.8% 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, 1.7% of pupils at Highfields 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 Highfields Primary School had 20.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.2% 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, 14.9% of pupils at Highfields Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.5% 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 Highfields Primary School received £6,835 and spent £6,918 for each of its 403 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £253,000 (£627 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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What is Highfields Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Highfields Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Highfields Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Highfields Primary School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Highfields Primary School have?

Highfields Primary School has 403 pupils on roll.

What age range does Highfields Primary School cover?

Highfields Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

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

In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Highfields Primary School?

Highfields Primary School is at Beeches Road, Rowley Regis, West Midlands, B65 0DA.