Joseph Turner Primary School

Joseph Turner Primary School is demonstrating a good overall performance, marked by an inspirational leadership team and caring staff that are effectively driving improvements. The school is making strides in enhancing the quality of education with a new curriculum that engages pupils and encourages them to develop a love for learning. Positive relationships and a strong focus on pupils’ well-being contribute to a nurturing environment where students feel supported in overcoming challenges. Attendance has shown notable improvement, attributed to strong partnerships with families and community support. However, there are still areas for growth, particularly in ensuring that all teachers consistently check pupil understanding during lessons and effectively implement feedback systems. Some subjects struggle with clearly building upon earlier learning experiences, which can hinder lesson planning and continuity. While recent changes have been promising, there is a need for comprehensive consistency across the curriculum to fully support all pupils, especially those with additional needs.

Strengths

• Inspirational leadership driving improvements.
• Caring staff fostering a positive school environment.
• Exciting new curriculum engaging pupils in learning.
• Strong support systems for pupils with SEND.
• Effective use of partnerships to improve attendance.
• Broad range of extracurricular clubs developing student interests.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent checking of pupil understanding during lessons.
• Incomplete implementation of assessment feedback systems.
• Curriculum in some subjects does not adequately build on early years learning.

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 Joseph Turner Primary School attended 93.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.7% 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, 1.9% of pupils at Joseph Turner 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 Joseph Turner Primary School had 22.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.3% 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, 17.9% of pupils at Joseph Turner Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.7% 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 Joseph Turner Primary School received £7,891 and spent £7,898 for each of its 395 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £463,000 (£1,173 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 Joseph Turner Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Joseph Turner Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Joseph Turner Primary School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Joseph Turner Primary School have?

Joseph Turner Primary School has 408 pupils on roll.

What age range does Joseph Turner Primary School cover?

Joseph Turner Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Joseph Turner Primary School?

Joseph Turner Primary School is at Powis Avenue, Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 0RN.