Rowley Hall Primary School
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F35
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Rowley Regis, B65 9HU
- Distance
- 0.6km away
St James CofE Primary School
Wolverley Crescent, Oldbury, B69 1BG
Local ranking45th of 91 primary schools in Sandwell
Ofsted: Expected
Primary
Phase
500
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 12 May 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 59.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 12.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 64.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 72.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 74.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 104.0
- Cohort Size
- 58
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 451
- Boys
- 218 (49%)
- Girls
- 231 (51%)
- Capacity
- 500 (90% full)
- SEND
- 19.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 52.4%
- EAL
- 25.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.9%
- SEN Support
- 17.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 25.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,448/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 41.4%
- Black African: 14.0%
- Asian Indian: 7.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 6.8%
- Other: 6.5%
- White Other: 4.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 3.8%
- Black Caribbean: 3.6%
41.4%
White British
14.0%
Black African
7.0%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Wolverley Crescent
Oldbury, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 131673
- UKPRN
- 10075214
- Establishment No.
- 3006
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