Webheath Academy Primary School

Webheath Academy Primary School is performing well: the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management are all good, while early years provision is outstanding. Inspectors found a strong shared vision and high aspirations, pupils who are proud of their school, attend well and are well prepared for their next steps. Relationships and behaviour are strong, pupils feel safe, and the school is inclusive. It is part of Shires Multi Academy Trust and this was its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic; no overall effectiveness grade is given under current arrangements. The curriculum is ambitious and well ordered, reading is prioritised, and phonics teaching is strong, with effective support for pupils who fall behind. Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are identified quickly and supported to access the same learning. Personal development is a strength, with a wide range of opportunities and an inclusive culture. Early years provision is particularly strong, with skilled adults, high expectations, and children who are happy, secure and resilient. The main areas to improve are in teaching and assessment. In some cases, explanations of new content are not clear enough, and chosen activities do not always help pupils apply knowledge, so some pupils do not learn in the depth they could. In some subjects, checks on pupils’ understanding do not accurately identify gaps and misconceptions, meaning teaching does not address them. Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Strengths

• Strong shared vision and high aspirations for all pupils
• Pupils are proud, attend well and are well prepared for their next steps
• Positive relationships and good behaviour rooted in mutual respect
• Pupils feel safe and trust adults to help
• Reading is prioritised and phonics teaching is strong
• Pupils who fall behind in reading receive effective support to catch up
• Pupils with SEND are identified quickly and supported to access the same learning
• Broad personal development provision is a strength and meets pupils’ wider needs
• Early years provision is outstanding, with skilled adults and high expectations
• Effective governance and trust support, with staff feeling valued
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• Some teaching explanations are not clear enough to secure deep understanding
• Some learning activities do not help pupils apply new knowledge in different situations
• Assessment checks in some subjects do not accurately identify gaps and misconceptions
• Some pupils do not learn the curriculum in the depth intended

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 Webheath Academy Primary School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.7% 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, 1.4% of pupils at Webheath Academy Primary 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 Webheath Academy Primary School had 22.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.3% 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, 12.1% of pupils at Webheath Academy Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.4% 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 Webheath Academy Primary School received £6,265 and spent £6,192 for each of its 429 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £616,000 (£1,435 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Shires Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,740 and spending £7,633 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 Redditch · Worcestershire local authority: places and applications

Webheath Academy Primary School is part of Shires Multi Academy Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

• The Vaynor First School Redditch
• St Luke's CofE First School Redditch
• Crabbs Cross Academy Redditch
• St George's CofE First School and Nursery Redditch
• Astwood Bank Primary School Redditch
• Feckenham CofE Primary School Redditch
• Ridgeway Secondary School Redditch
• Studley High School Studley
• Beoley First School Redditch
• North Bromsgrove High School Bromsgrove

What is Webheath Academy Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Webheath Academy Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was Webheath Academy Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Webheath Academy Primary School was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Webheath Academy Primary School have?

Webheath Academy Primary School has 446 pupils on roll.

What age range does Webheath Academy Primary School cover?

Webheath Academy Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Webheath Academy Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Webheath Academy Primary School?

Webheath Academy Primary School is at Downsell Road, Webheath, Redditch, Worcestershire, B97 5RJ.