Featherstone Academy

Featherstone Academy has undergone its first full graded inspection since converting to an academy in 2014 and has been rated as good in all domains. The school excels in creating a welcoming and positive environment where pupils enjoy learning and feel safe. Leaders and staff demonstrate high expectations for students, with a well-structured curriculum that supports strong achievements in mathematics and English. However, there are areas for improvement, particularly in the assessment practices used across subjects other than English and mathematics, which may leave some pupils without a secure understanding of their learning.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy learning and feel safe in a vibrant school environment.
• Leaders have established a well-structured and continuously revised curriculum.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Pupils demonstrate good behavior and are polite to visitors.
• Effective teaching of phonics, leading to fluent reading.
• Staff and parents feel supported and engaged in the school community.

Areas for Improvement

• Subject leaders do not effectively evaluate the impact of the curriculum in subjects other than English and mathematics.
• Assessment procedures are not used well enough to identify and address pupils' misconceptions in various subjects.

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 Featherstone Academy attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.9% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Featherstone Academy 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 Featherstone Academy had 26.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 37.0% 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, 10.0% of pupils at Featherstone Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.4% 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 Featherstone Academy received £6,678 and spent £6,680 for each of its 237 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £473,000 (£1,999 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Greenheart Learning Partnership, income was £7,729 and spending £7,430 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 Wolverhampton · Staffordshire local authority: places and applications

Featherstone Academy is part of Greenheart Learning Partnership, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Edgar Stammers Primary Academy Walsall
• Pye Green Academy Cannock
• Woodhouse Primary Academy Birmingham
• Tame Valley Academy Birmingham
• Heathlands Primary Academy Birmingham
• The Orchards Primary Academy Birmingham
• Reaside Academy Birmingham
• Fairway Primary Academy Birmingham
• Albert Bradbeer Primary Academy Birmingham

What is Featherstone Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Featherstone Academy is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Featherstone Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Featherstone Academy was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Featherstone Academy have?

Featherstone Academy has 250 pupils on roll.

What age range does Featherstone Academy cover?

Featherstone Academy for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Featherstone Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Featherstone Academy?

Featherstone Academy is at The Avenue, Featherstone, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV10 7AS.