Tenterfields Primary Academy

Tenterfields Primary School is performing well overall, receiving a 'Good' rating across all inspected areas including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. This is the school's first inspection since becoming an academy, and positive changes have been noted since the arrival of the new interim headteacher. Pupils enjoy their learning experiences and feel safe and happy at school, demonstrating respect towards peers and adults alike. The school has successfully implemented comprehensive planning in English and mathematics, leading to improved pupil achievement, and parents have expressed increased confidence in the school due to recent changes.

Strengths

• High expectations for pupil learning across a wide range of subjects.
• Positive and engaging classroom environments that stimulate learning.
• Strong performance in English and mathematics.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.
• Polite and respectful behaviour exhibited by pupils.
• A wide range of extracurricular activities enhances student enjoyment.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum planning and sequencing in some subjects are insufficient.
• Development of skills in subjects like art, religious education, and French is lacking.
• Outdoor learning opportunities for early years are underdeveloped.
• Targets for pupils with SEND are not reviewed regularly.

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 Tenterfields Primary Academy attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.8% 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, 2.8% of pupils at Tenterfields Primary 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 Tenterfields Primary Academy had 19.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.3% 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, 19.7% of pupils at Tenterfields Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% 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 Tenterfields Primary Academy received £6,824 and spent £8,081 for each of its 208 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £112,000 (£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

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

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

What is Tenterfields Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Tenterfields Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Tenterfields Primary Academy was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Tenterfields Primary Academy have?

Tenterfields Primary Academy has 229 pupils on roll.

What age range does Tenterfields Primary Academy cover?

Tenterfields Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Tenterfields Primary Academy?

Tenterfields Primary Academy is at Tenterfields, Halesowen, West Midlands, B63 3LH.