Mesty Croft Primary

Mesty Croft Primary has been rated as Good overall in its inspection, indicating a solid performance across key areas including the quality of education, behaviour, and leadership. The school fosters a welcoming environment, with a focus on mental health and well-being for both pupils and staff. While most aspects of the curriculum are well designed and effectively delivered, there are some subjects where the planning and sequencing are not as robust, leading to gaps in knowledge for some students. Additionally, attendance remains a concern as a segment of pupils is persistently absent, impacting their achievement.

Strengths

• Strong support for pupils' mental health and well-being.
• Positive and friendly atmosphere with happy pupils and staff.
• Well-sequenced curriculum in English and mathematics.
• Effective reading and phonics program.
• Robust support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Strong emphasis on personal development and extra-curricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Some foundation subjects are not well planned and sequenced.
• Inconsistent checks on pupils' learning and understanding.
• High levels of persistent absenteeism affecting pupil achievement.

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 Mesty Croft Primary attended 94.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.0% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Mesty Croft Primary 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 Mesty Croft Primary had 26.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.5% 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, 14.9% of pupils at Mesty Croft Primary were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.7% 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 Mesty Croft Primary received £6,773 and spent £6,612 for each of its 410 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £114,000 (£277 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Perry Hall Multi-Academy Trust, income was £7,200 and spending £6,904 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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All schools in Wednesbury · Sandwell local authority: places and applications

Mesty Croft Primary is part of Perry Hall Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Perry Hall Primary School Wolverhampton
• Sledmere Primary School Dudley
• Berrybrook Primary School Wolverhampton
• Dunstall Hill Primary School Wolverhampton
• Woodthorne Primary School Wolverhampton
• Bird's Bush Primary School Tamworth
• Forest Hills Primary School Rugeley
• Tillington Manor Primary School Stafford
• Stanley Road Primary School Worcester

What is Mesty Croft Primary's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Mesty Croft Primary is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Mesty Croft Primary last inspected by Ofsted?

Mesty Croft Primary was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Mesty Croft Primary have?

Mesty Croft Primary has 410 pupils on roll.

What age range does Mesty Croft Primary cover?

Mesty Croft Primary for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Mesty Croft Primary's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 46% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Mesty Croft Primary?

Mesty Croft Primary is at St Luke's Road, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 0QY.