Hurst Green Primary SchoolOlive Hill Primary Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Halesowen.

Summary of the comparison

Hurst Green Primary School and Olive Hill Primary Academy are primary schools in Halesowen.

  • Hurst Green Primary School scores 54 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Olive Hill Primary Academy scores 69 out of 100 (grade C, average). Olive Hill Primary Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • Hurst Green Primary School was judged Good and Olive Hill Primary Academy was judged the expected standard.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 66.0% for Hurst Green Primary School and 62.0% for Olive Hill Primary Academy.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Hurst Green Primary School (48.0% in 2022-23, 66.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Olive Hill Primary Academy (67.0% in 2022-23, 62.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Hurst Green Primary School versus Olive Hill Primary Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure HalesowenHurst Green Primary SchoolHalesowenOlive Hill Primary AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD54/100C69/100Stronger figure
Local ranking35th of 77 in Dudley 12th of 77 in Dudley Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Expected
School typeCommunity school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range5-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll424 468
Capacity420 470
LocationHalesowen, B62 9NZ Halesowen, B62 8JZ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard66.0% Stronger figure62.0% 62.0%
At higher standard3.0% 7.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score104.0 104.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score106.0 108.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census424 468
Free school meals (ever 6)17.0% 28.1%
English as an additional language6.8% 24.8%
SEN support10.8% 13.5%
SEN with an EHC plan2.6% 2.4%
Attendance
Overall absence6.1% 5.1% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence17.4% 12.5% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Hurst Green Primary School

Olive Hill Primary Academy

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