Busill Jones Primary School

Busill Jones Primary School demonstrates a solid overall performance, with notable improvement in pupil achievement, particularly in Year 6 for reading, writing, and mathematics. The curriculum is well-structured, ensuring pupils build important foundations in core subjects. Safeguarding is a strong point, with a culture that prioritizes pupil safety. However, the school faces challenges regarding pupil attendance, which has not improved sufficiently despite support measures being implemented. The leadership and governance context indicates a commitment to improvement, although strategies need to be sharper to address specific priorities effectively.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well across a wide range of subjects.
• Improved outcomes for Year 6 pupils in reading, writing, and mathematics.
• Strong focus on safeguarding, creating a safe environment for pupils.
• Effective specialist support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Engaging early years curriculum that supports children's language and motor skills.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupil attendance is below expectations and increasing.
• Inconsistent delivery of the school’s curriculum by some staff.
• Need for improved follow-up on feedback provided to pupils.
• Insufficient focus on students' handwriting and presentation skills.

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 Busill Jones Primary School attended 90.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 32.8% 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, 2.7% of pupils at Busill Jones 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 Busill Jones Primary School had 19.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 34.8% 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, 38.7% of pupils at Busill Jones Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.1% 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 Busill Jones Primary School received £8,096 and spent £8,481 for each of its 250 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £214,000 (£857 per pupil).

Across all 5 schools of Shine Academies, income was £6,563 and spending £6,599 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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Busill Jones Primary School is part of Shine Academies, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• Lodge Farm Primary School Willenhall
• Villiers Primary School Bilston
• Northwood Park Primary School Wolverhampton
• Crowmoor Primary School Shrewsbury
• The Martin Wilson School Shrewsbury

What is Busill Jones Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Busill Jones Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Busill Jones Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Busill Jones Primary School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Busill Jones Primary School have?

Busill Jones Primary School has 235 pupils on roll.

What age range does Busill Jones Primary School cover?

Busill Jones Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Busill Jones Primary School?

Busill Jones Primary School is at Ashley Road, Bloxwich, Walsall, WS3 2QF.