Watling Street Primary SchoolBrownhills West Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

Watling Street Primary School and Brownhills West Primary School are primary schools in Walsall.

  • Watling Street Primary School scores 53 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Brownhills West Primary School scores 39 out of 100 (grade F, weak). Watling Street Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Watling Street Primary School was judged Good and Brownhills West Primary School 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 57.0% for Watling Street Primary School and 55.0% for Brownhills West Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Watling Street Primary School (67.0% in 2022-23, 57.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Brownhills West Primary School (38.0% in 2022-23, 55.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Watling Street Primary School versus Brownhills West Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure WalsallWatling Street Primary SchoolWalsallBrownhills West Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD53/100Stronger figureF39/100
Local ranking38th of 66 in Walsall Stronger figure57th of 66 in Walsall
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 2-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll238 190
Capacity210 243
LocationWalsall, WS8 7LW Walsall, WS8 7LA
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard57.0% Stronger figure55.0% 62.0%
At higher standard3.0% 9.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score104.0 104.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score101.0 101.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census238 190
Free school meals (ever 6)29.6% 59.8%
English as an additional language0.8% 3.2%
SEN support18.1% 29.5%
SEN with an EHC plan5.0% 2.1%
Attendance
Overall absence5.1% Stronger figure8.9% 6.2%
Persistent absence13.3% Stronger figure24.8% 15.8%

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.

Watling Street Primary School

Brownhills West Primary School

Full profiles: Watling Street Primary School · Brownhills West Primary School