New Invention Learning Academy

New Invention Learning Academy demonstrates strong overall performance with exceptional safeguarding standards. Pupils achieve well across all subjects, and the school provides effective support to those with additional needs. Published outcomes for Year 6 pupils are notably high, with a significant percentage reaching the higher standard in both reading and mathematics, and disadvantaged pupils outperforming their peers nationally. The school's leadership maintains a clear focus on inclusion, ensuring that all pupils feel valued and supported.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well across the curriculum.
• Effective support for pupils needing extra help in writing.
• Above national figures for attendance and behavior.
• Ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils.
• High levels of participation in personal development activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Personal development programme lacks coherent planning.
• Limited diversity in extracurricular activities.

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 New Invention Learning Academy attended 97.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 2.4% 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, 0.3% of pupils at New Invention Learning 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 New Invention Learning Academy had 22.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.7% 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, 10.2% of pupils at New Invention Learning Academy 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 New Invention Learning Academy received £5,890 and spent £5,985 for each of its 365 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £449,000 (£1,230 per pupil).

Across all 2 schools of Primary Learning Trust, income was £7,077 and spending £7,097 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.

• Primary Schools
• Secondary Schools

All schools in Willenhall · Walsall local authority: places and applications

New Invention Learning Academy is part of Primary Learning Trust, which runs 2 schools. The nearest others:

• Ryders Hayes School Walsall

What is New Invention Learning Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for New Invention Learning Academy is Needs attention, from an inspection in April 2026.

When was New Invention Learning Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

New Invention Learning Academy was last inspected in April 2026.

How many pupils does New Invention Learning Academy have?

New Invention Learning Academy has 362 pupils on roll.

What age range does New Invention Learning Academy cover?

New Invention Learning Academy for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are New Invention Learning Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is New Invention Learning Academy?

New Invention Learning Academy is at Cannock Road, New Invention, Willenhall, West Midlands, WV12 5SA.