Colley Lane Primary Academy

Colley Lane Primary Academy is a welcoming school that provides a positive climate for learning, leading to good all-round development for its students. Pupils benefit from a well-developed curriculum, strong teaching practices, and an extensive range of extracurricular activities, which together foster resilience and prepare them for future challenges. The school has also made commendable strides in improving reading instruction, which has enhanced students' enjoyment and skills in this area. However, some pupils still face challenges in reading fluency, particularly those who need extra support.

Strengths

• Friendly school with a positive climate for learning.
• Caring ethos ensures pupils feel safe and well looked after.
• Wide range of extracurricular activities promotes personal growth.
• Strong emphasis on reading with effective phonics instruction.
• Well-planned and sequenced curriculum supports deep knowledge.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in intervention for struggling readers.
• Most able pupils sometimes lack challenging work in certain 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 Colley Lane Primary Academy attended 94.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.8% 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, 0.7% of pupils at Colley Lane Primary 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 Colley Lane Primary Academy had 19.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 2.1% 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, 12.6% of pupils at Colley Lane Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.5% 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 Colley Lane Primary Academy received £8,495 and spent £8,577 for each of its 442 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £238,000 (£538 per pupil).

Across all 15 schools of Windsor Academy Trust, income was £7,909 and spending £7,979 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 Halesowen · Dudley local authority: places and applications

Colley Lane Primary Academy is part of Windsor Academy Trust, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

• Windsor High School and Sixth Form Halesowen
• Tenterfields Primary Academy Halesowen
• Manor Way Primary Academy Halesowen
• Kingswinford Academy Kingswinford
• Windsor Olympus Academy Birmingham
• Goldsmith Primary Academy Harden
• Rivers Primary Academy Walsall
• Cheslyn Hay Academy Walsall
• Great Wyrley Academy Walsall
• Clayton Hall Academy Newcastle-Under-Lyme

What is Colley Lane Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Colley Lane Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Colley Lane Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Colley Lane Primary Academy was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Colley Lane Primary Academy have?

Colley Lane Primary Academy has 483 pupils on roll.

What age range does Colley Lane Primary Academy cover?

Colley Lane Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Colley Lane Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Colley Lane Primary Academy?

Colley Lane Primary Academy is at Colley Lane, Halesowen, West Midlands, B63 2TN.