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Bentley West Primary School

Primary · Walsall · WS2 0EQ

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Requires improvement

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: Requires improvementLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 29 November 2022

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At a glance

436 pupils · 88% of 494 capacity

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
43.3% of pupils
English as additional language
16.6% of pupils
SEN support
17.9% of pupils
EHC plan
6.8% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.bentley-west.org.uk
URN
150291

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

49 places offered · 49 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
38%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
2%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
102
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
98
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.6%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
19.6%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
25.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

52% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 44% moved to another state school · 4% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£7,613
Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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