Ryders Hayes School

Ryders Hayes School demonstrates a strong performance overall with a 'Good' rating in key areas. The school is particularly noted for its outstanding personal development and early years provision, which lays a solid foundation for pupils’ learning and social skills. There is a commendable commitment to supporting all students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), ensuring they are fully engaged and achieve well. Pupils report feeling happy and safe, contributing positively to the school environment and embodying the school's ethos of personal growth.

Strengths

• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Outstanding provision in early years education.
• Effective curriculum that promotes deep learning and understanding.
• High levels of pupil engagement and positive behavior.
• Excellent careers program that prepares pupils for the future.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent teacher follow-up on behavior management in some classes.
• Lack of pride and frequent basic errors in some pupils' written work.

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 Ryders Hayes School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.0% 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, 1.5% of pupils at Ryders Hayes 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 Ryders Hayes School had 20.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.7% 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, 16.6% of pupils at Ryders Hayes School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.1% 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 2024–25 Ryders Hayes School received £8,071 and spent £8,029 for each of its 436 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £155,000 (£356 per pupil).

Across all 2 schools of Primary Learning Trust, income was £7,077 and spending £7,097 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Ryders Hayes School is part of Primary Learning Trust, which runs 2 schools. The nearest others:

• New Invention Learning Academy Willenhall

What is Ryders Hayes School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ryders Hayes School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Ryders Hayes School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ryders Hayes School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Ryders Hayes School have?

Ryders Hayes School has 463 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ryders Hayes School cover?

Ryders Hayes School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Ryders Hayes School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ryders Hayes School?

Ryders Hayes School is at Gilpin Crescent, Pelsall, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 4HX.