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Bhylls Acre Primary School

Primary · Wolverhampton · WV3 8DZ

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 21 April 2026 · report published 7 June 2026

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At a glance

207 pupils · 90% of 230 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
20.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
5.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.bhyllsacre.co.uk
URN
149420

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 24 families named it first for 27 Reception places, 0.89 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 1.084 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 6 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2011 to 2024. At its report-card inspection on 21 April 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.89 first-choice applications per place

27 places offered · 24 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 1.084 miles for 2024 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry) lived within 1.084 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

30 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
53%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school53%
Median of its 12 closest peers70%
Staffordshire average66.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Boreham Primary SchoolChelmsford · 129 miles awayGood65%
Lowtown Primary SchoolPudsey · 87 miles awayGood86%
St James' Catholic Primary School, SkelmersdaleSkelmersdale · 73 miles awayGood78%
Bracken Lane Primary AcademyRetford · 73 miles awayStrong standard72%
Milecastle Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 168 miles awayExpected standard77%
Leyland Methodist Junior SchoolLeyland · 80 miles awayGood46%
St Helen's Church of England Primary School, CliffeRochester · 138 miles awayGood (2015)71%
St James' Church of England Primary SchoolHereford · 43 miles awayOutstanding69%
Capel Primary SchoolTonbridge · 144 miles awayGood38%
Annesley Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham · 52 miles awayGood68%
St Francis Church of England Aided Primary School and NurseryBirmingham · 14 miles awayGood71%
Poulton-le-Fylde Carr Head Primary SchoolPoulton-le-Fylde · 94 miles awayExpected standard48%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 50% (Staffordshire 80%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 13% (Staffordshire 2%, England 4%) · Not recorded 12% (Staffordshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Staffordshire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 6% (Staffordshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 3% (Staffordshire 4%, England 7%) · Black African 2% (Staffordshire 2%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Staffordshire 0%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 2% (Staffordshire 0%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Staffordshire 1%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Staffordshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Staffordshire 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 0%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.45 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Staffordshire: 1.97 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
25.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

37.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 7.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,240; 25% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£5,579
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 15% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £56,000; in-year balance +£53,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher39.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work41%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier89%62.3%
Social housing3.3%17.1%
Privately rented7.7%20.5%
Detached houses34.9%22.9%
Flats0%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms23.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van7.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010494 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£250,000242 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£210,000–£310,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (59)£330,000
Semi-detached (104)£265,000
Terraced (59)£215,000
Flat (20)£106,500

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.75 km, 2024 entry): 651 sales, median £265,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
10an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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