Claregate Primary School

Type Primary / Community school
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Chester Avenue
Tettenhall
Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV6 9JU
Phone 01902558575
Reference Number 104310

Claregate Primary School is performing well in several areas, with a strong focus on safeguarding and a calm, orderly environment that supports positive behavior among pupils. The leadership team, newly appointed, is actively driving improvements and fostering an inclusive culture that ensures all pupils feel valued. Attendance rates are improving, and the school is addressing attendance challenges effectively through collaboration with families and external agencies. However, some concerns arise regarding the achievement of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, as gaps in knowledge and variable progress have been noted. The school is aware of areas for development and is implementing plans for improvement.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 424
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.11%
Girls: 51.89%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 32.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 23.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 27.2
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 26.2
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 28 26 54
2 30 30 60
3 30 28 58
4 29 31 60
5 33 25 58
6 25 39 64

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 38.9%
African 14.2%
Indian 9.4%
Pakistani 7.3%
White, Other 6.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 6.6%
Asian, Other 6.1%
Caribbean 3.8%
Mixed, Other 1.4%
White & Black (African) 0.9%
White & Asian 0.7%
Unclassified 0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating Needs attention
 >  Leadership & Governance Expected standard
 >  Personal Development & Wellbeing Expected standard
 >  Achievement Needs attention
 >  Attendance & Behaviour Expected standard
 >  Curriculum & Teaching Needs attention
 >  Inclusion Expected standard
 >  Early Years Needs attention
Last Report Date 13 Jan 2026
Date Report
13 Jan 2026 School inspection
12 Oct 2021 School inspection
14 Jun 2016 Full inspection
02 Mar 2015 Monitoring visit
08 Oct 2014 Monitoring visit
15 May 2014 Monitoring visit
29 Jan 2014 Full inspection
26 Mar 2012 Full inspection
17 Nov 2008 Full inspection
05 Jul 2004 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Strong leadership driving improvement initiatives.
  • Positive, inclusive culture where pupils feel safe and valued.
  • Effective safeguarding measures in place.
  • Pupils exhibit respectful behavior and work well together.
  • Broad curriculum with extracurricular opportunities enhancing pupil development.

Areas for Improvement

  • Achievement for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities is variable.
  • Some gaps in knowledge among pupils are not identified or addressed quickly enough.
  • Inconsistent quality of phonics teaching affecting early reading skills.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 69%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 10%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 106
Maths 103

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 0.3
Writing 1
Maths 1.7

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 13 2
Third Preference 16 0
From another Local Authority 2 1

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