Lapal Primary School

Lapal Primary School is performing exceptionally well, achieving an overall outstanding rating during its recent inspection. The school has successfully built a supportive and engaging environment where pupils feel happy, safe, and respected. With high expectations set by leaders and staff, students consistently excel academically across various subjects, particularly in reading and mathematics. The curriculum is ambitious and tailored to meet the needs of all learners, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate excellent behavior and engagement in learning.
• The school has an ambitious and effective curriculum.
• Leaders and staff have high expectations for pupil achievement.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Effective promotion of a love for reading from an early age.

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 Lapal Primary School attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.1% 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 Lapal 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 Lapal Primary School had 40.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 26.2% 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, 4.4% of pupils at Lapal Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.2% 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 Lapal Primary School received £6,375 and spent £6,311 for each of its 365 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £6,000 (£17 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Hales Valley Trust, income was £6,705 and spending £6,681 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

Lapal Primary School is part of Hales Valley Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Lutley Primary School Halesowen
• Withymoor Primary School Brierley Hill
• Woodside Primary School and Nursery Dudley
• Priory Primary School Dudley
• Gig Mill Primary School Stourbridge
• Hurst Hill Primary School Bilston

What is Lapal Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Lapal Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Lapal Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Lapal Primary School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Lapal Primary School have?

Lapal Primary School has 360 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lapal Primary School cover?

Lapal Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Lapal Primary School?

Lapal Primary School is at Priory Road, Halesowen, West Midlands, B62 0BZ.