Kings Hill Primary School

Kings Hill Primary School is performing strongly overall. Inspectors found that pupils achieve well across the curriculum, reading is a clear priority, and disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND are supported effectively. Behaviour is exemplary, classrooms are calm, and attendance has improved significantly through a structured whole-school approach, with persistent absence reduced. The school is highly inclusive, pastoral support is a strength, and leaders have secured sustained improvement. Safeguarding standards are met, and the school has an open safeguarding culture. The curriculum is ambitious and well sequenced, teaching is highly effective, and pupils build knowledge and vocabulary over time. Personal development and wellbeing provision is rich, with a wide range of inclusive clubs, visits, residential experiences and opportunities for pupils to contribute to school life. Leadership and governance are strong: leaders are reflective, develop staff well, and governors provide effective support and challenge. The school is part of The King’s Federation with Salisbury Primary School and serves a large, relatively deprived community with above-average free school meals eligibility. The main area for development is the early years, which is judged at the expected standard rather than strong. Some activities do not consistently sustain children’s concentration or deepen their understanding and social skills, and staff sometimes provide too much support rather than encouraging independent thinking. Leaders should also strengthen how pupils connect their experiences to future aspirations and ensure they feel confident and well prepared for transition to secondary education. Published absence figures are above national averages, although the report notes recent improvement.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well across the curriculum from their individual starting points.
• Reading is a priority, with secure phonics knowledge and timely support for younger pupils who need extra help.
• Disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND are supported effectively to be successful learners.
• Attendance has improved significantly through a clear and structured whole-school approach.
• Pupils’ behaviour is exemplary in lessons and around the school.
• The curriculum is ambitious, well planned and sequenced so learning builds logically across subjects.
• Teaching is highly effective, with clear explanation, modelling and responsive checking of learning.
• The school is highly inclusive, and pastoral support is a clear strength.
• Leaders have secured sustained improvement and high standards over time.
• Leadership capacity is growing through high-quality professional learning and coaching.
• Governors provide effective support and challenge.
• Personal development and wellbeing provision is rich, carefully structured and consistently implemented.
• Pupils benefit from a wide range of inclusive clubs, visits, residential experiences and enrichment opportunities.
• Pupils play an active role in shaping their school, for example through the school council and dining hall improvements.
• Safeguarding standards are met, with an open culture in which safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility.
• Early years children get off to a positive start in a calm and welcoming environment.
• The outdoor provision in early years is impressive and promotes purposeful play and independence.

Areas for Improvement

• Early years activities sometimes do not support children to develop concentration or deepen understanding and social skills.
• In early years, staff sometimes provide too much support rather than encouraging children to think and express understanding independently.
• Leaders should ensure early years continuous provision and interactions consistently help children sustain engagement, develop independence and deepen learning.
• Pupils’ understanding of the link between their experiences and future aspirations needs strengthening.
• Pupils should be better prepared for and feel more confident about transition to secondary education.
• Published absence and persistent absence figures remain above national averages, despite recent improvement.

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 Kings Hill Primary School attended 92.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 22.3% 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, 0.2% of pupils at Kings 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 Kings Hill Primary School had 24.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 35.7% 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, 16.1% of pupils at Kings Hill Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.3% 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 Kings Hill Primary School received £7,120 and spent £7,463 for each of its 432 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £381,000 (£882 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 Kings Hill Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Kings Hill Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in July 2026.

When was Kings Hill Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Kings Hill Primary School was last inspected in July 2026.

How many pupils does Kings Hill Primary School have?

Kings Hill Primary School has 459 pupils on roll.

What age range does Kings Hill Primary School cover?

Kings Hill Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Kings Hill Primary School?

Kings Hill Primary School is at Old Park Road, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 9JG.