King Charles Primary School

King Charles Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a good rating across all key areas. The school is characterized by a strong commitment to fostering a positive learning environment, where pupils feel valued and safe. Leaders have high aspirations for their students, and the school curriculum is well sequenced, allowing pupils to engage with a variety of subjects. Notable strengths include effective teaching methods in areas such as mathematics and computing, along with a solid emphasis on early reading. Additionally, the school successfully includes pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, ensuring they are integrated into school life and receive appropriate support.

Strengths

• Strong relationships between staff and pupils
• High aspirations and positive attitudes towards learning
• Well-planned and sequenced curriculum
• Strong focus on practical resources in mathematics
• Effective teaching of early reading, writing, and mathematics
• Exciting and ambitious computing curriculum
• Strong inclusion practices for SEND pupils
• Effective systems in place to support disadvantaged pupils
• Commitment to developing pupils' speaking and listening skills
• Safe and supportive learning environment

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent expectations from teachers regarding pupil work
• Some pupils not sufficiently challenged in their work
• Outdoor learning environment lacks development compared to indoor facilities
• Teaching of more sophisticated reading skills is still developing

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 King Charles Primary School attended 92.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 21.9% 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, 1.8% of pupils at King Charles 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 King Charles Primary School had 17.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.4% 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, 20.6% of pupils at King Charles Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.7% 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 King Charles Primary School received £7,976 and spent £8,063 for each of its 416 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £269,000 (£646 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 King Charles Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for King Charles Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was King Charles Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

King Charles Primary School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does King Charles Primary School have?

King Charles Primary School has 436 pupils on roll.

What age range does King Charles Primary School cover?

King Charles Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 46% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is King Charles Primary School?

King Charles Primary School is at Wilkes Avenue, Bentley, Walsall, West Midlands, WS2 0JN.