Spring Vale Primary School

Spring Vale Primary School is performing exceptionally well with strong standards across all domains of education and personal development. The school has a well-designed curriculum that allows pupils to thrive academically, with achievement in national tests significantly above national averages. Attendance is high, and the environment is calm and orderly, fostering excellent behavior and a sense of community among pupils. The leadership shows a deep commitment to inclusion and is proactive in ensuring that all pupils, including those with special educational needs, receive the necessary support to succeed.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve highly across the curriculum
• Strong focus on attendance with decreasing persistent absence
• Highly effective curriculum that prepares pupils for the next stage
• Excellent relationships with families and the community
• Strong emphasis on inclusion and support for all pupils
• Effective personal development programme tailored to pupils' needs

Areas for Improvement

• Some staff do not maximize opportunities for high-quality discussions in early years

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 Spring Vale Primary School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.9% 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 Spring Vale 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 Spring Vale Primary School had 20.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.5% 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, 17.5% of pupils at Spring Vale Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.4% 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 Spring Vale Primary School received £6,787 and spent £6,293 for each of its 450 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £574,000 (£1,276 per pupil).

Across all 4 schools of Lykos Multi Academy Trust, income was £8,168 and spending £8,235 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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Spring Vale Primary School is part of Lykos Multi Academy Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• Warstones Primary School Wolverhampton
• Springdale Primary School Wolverhampton
• Uplands Junior School Wolverhampton
• Highfields School Wolverhampton
• Westacre Infant School Wolverhampton

What is Spring Vale Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Spring Vale Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was Spring Vale Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Spring Vale Primary School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does Spring Vale Primary School have?

Spring Vale Primary School has 464 pupils on roll.

What age range does Spring Vale Primary School cover?

Spring Vale Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 85% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Spring Vale Primary School?

Spring Vale Primary School is at Kenilworth Crescent, Parkfield, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV4 6SD.