Pye Green Academy

Pye Green Academy is performing well overall, achieving a good rating in all areas assessed. The leadership has established a positive and ambitious culture focusing on kindness and support, ensuring that all pupils have the opportunity to reach their full potential. The school's approach fosters positive attitudes and good behavior among students, who feel safe and valued in their learning environment. Importantly, the school has a well-structured curriculum that emphasizes reading, and extracurricular activities enhance pupils' learning experiences.

Strengths

• Strong leadership with high aspirations for pupils and staff.
• Positive and kind school culture fostering good behavior.
• Ambitious and well-structured curriculum.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.
• Strong emphasis on reading and phonics.
• Wide range of extracurricular opportunities.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils occasionally struggle to remember key information.
• Inconsistencies in checking pupils' understanding of lessons.
• Pupils' understanding of fundamental British values is not yet secure.

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 Pye Green Academy attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.6% 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, 1.1% of pupils at Pye Green Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). 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 Pye Green Academy had 23.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.3% 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, 11.4% of pupils at Pye Green Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.2% 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 Pye Green Academy received £5,918 and spent £5,604 for each of its 434 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £868,000 (£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 Cannock · Staffordshire local authority: places and applications

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

• Featherstone Academy Wolverhampton
• Edgar Stammers Primary Academy Walsall
• Tame Valley Academy Birmingham
• Heathlands Primary Academy Birmingham
• Woodhouse Primary Academy Birmingham
• The Orchards Primary Academy Birmingham
• Fairway Primary Academy Birmingham
• Reaside Academy Birmingham
• Albert Bradbeer Primary Academy Birmingham

What is Pye Green Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Pye Green Academy is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Pye Green Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Pye Green Academy was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Pye Green Academy have?

Pye Green Academy has 438 pupils on roll.

What age range does Pye Green Academy cover?

Pye Green Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Pye Green Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Pye Green Academy?

Pye Green Academy is at Rosehill, Hednesford, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS12 4RT.