Perton Middle School

Perton Middle School continues to perform well as a good school, fostering a warm and welcoming environment where both pupils and staff are proud to be part of the community. With a broad and ambitious curriculum in place, pupils enjoy diverse opportunities like the ‘young voices’ program and can engage with relevant issues such as climate change. The school emphasizes positive behaviors and strong relationships, and although pupils are making solid progress despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, there's potential for even greater achievement with effective support for SEND students.

Strengths

• Strong and positive relationships between staff and pupils.
• Broad and ambitious curriculum that supports holistic development.
• High expectations for pupil behavior and engagement.
• Effective identification and support for pupils at early stages of reading.
• Culture of reading is actively promoted.
• Strong extracurricular engagement opportunities for students.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent understanding among staff about how to meet the needs of pupils with SEND.
• Incomplete details in safeguarding records could risk timely support for pupils.
• Insufficient monitoring by governors of key aspects of the school's effectiveness.

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 Perton Middle School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 9.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

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, 3.5% of pupils at Perton Middle School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was 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 Perton Middle School had 20.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

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, 16.0% of pupils at Perton Middle School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

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 secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Perton Middle School received £7,196 and spent £6,990 for each of its 399 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £321,000 (£804 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 Perton Middle School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Perton Middle School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Perton Middle School last inspected by Ofsted?

Perton Middle School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Perton Middle School have?

Perton Middle School has 399 pupils on roll.

What age range does Perton Middle School cover?

Perton Middle School for pupils aged 9 to 13.

What are Perton Middle School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 52% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Perton Middle School?

Perton Middle School is at Gainsborough Drive, Perton, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, WV6 7NR.