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Barcroft Academy

Primary Ages 3-11 453 pupils Willenhall
Ofsted: Good
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Barcroft Academy is an academy converter in Willenhall for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 453 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Barcroft Academy is Good, from an inspection in October 2022 of its predecessor, Barcroft Primary School.

Ofsted inspection: September 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Barcroft
Willenhall
West Midlands
WV13 1NA
Reference Number 151997

General Makeup

Number of pupils 453
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.11%
Girls: 49.89%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 47.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 29.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26.7
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 26.5
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 24 23 47
2 30 29 59
3 28 27 55
4 32 28 60
5 30 30 60
6 29 31 60

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 49.4%
Indian 25.6%
African 6.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 3.8%
White, Other 3.5%
White & Asian 2.6%
Asian, Other 2.2%
Mixed, Other 1.5%
Caribbean 0.9%
White & Black (African) 0.4%
Unclassified 0.2%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Barcroft Primary School, inspected in October 2022.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
03 Sep 2025 Academy conversion letter

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 18 1
Third Preference 11 0
From another Local Authority 1 0

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).

In 2025–26 Barcroft Academy had 21.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

2026
Pupils per adult 10.9
Teachers who left state teaching –
Teachers who took any sick leave –
Sick days per teacher –

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, 11.9% of pupils at Barcroft Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 15 6
Moderate learning difficulty 11 3
No specialist assessment of need 13 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 3 4
Social, emotional and mental health 5 2
Other difficulty or disability 3 2
Specific learning difficulty 2 1
Hearing impairment 1 0
Physical disability 1 0
Vision impairment 0 1

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.

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Barcroft Academy is part of Lighthouse Multi Academy Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

What is Barcroft Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Barcroft Academy is Good, from an inspection in October 2022 of its predecessor, Barcroft Primary School.

When was Barcroft Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Barcroft Academy was last inspected in September 2025.

How many pupils does Barcroft Academy have?

Barcroft Academy has 453 pupils on roll.

What age range does Barcroft Academy cover?

Barcroft Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is Barcroft Academy?

Barcroft Academy is at Barcroft, Willenhall, West Midlands, WV13 1NA.

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