Short Heath Junior School

Short Heath Junior School continues to perform well as a good school, showing a strong commitment to creating a positive learning environment for its pupils. Leaders and staff maintain high expectations, which has fostered a sense of success among students. Pupils express that they feel safe and supported, with many opportunities for them to voice their thoughts on improving their school experience. The curriculum is largely effective, preparing students for secondary education with an emphasis on both academic and personal growth.

Strengths

• Leaders and staff have high expectations of pupils.
• Pupils behave well and work hard in lessons.
• The curriculum is ambitious and focused on academic success.
• Strong leadership and collaboration improve the mathematics curriculum.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Pupils are well prepared for life beyond school.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack precise identification of knowledge and skills, leading to gaps in learning.
• A small number of pupils struggle with behaviour during lunchtime.
• Regular absenteeism of some pupils affects their 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 Short Heath Junior School attended 90.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 30.3% 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, 1.2% of pupils at Short Heath Junior 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 Short Heath Junior School had 15.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.3% 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, 30.8% of pupils at Short Heath Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 10.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 6 pupils.

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 2020–21 Short Heath Junior School received £6,069 and spent £5,711 for each of its 234 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £301,000 (£1,288 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 Short Heath Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Short Heath Junior School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Short Heath Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Short Heath Junior School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Short Heath Junior School have?

Short Heath Junior School has 305 pupils on roll.

What age range does Short Heath Junior School cover?

Short Heath Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Short Heath Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 33% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Short Heath Junior School?

Short Heath Junior School is at Pennine Way, Willenhall, West Midlands, WV12 4DS.