Rowley Hall Primary School
Primary · Rowley Regis · B65 9HU
Data updated
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.
Inspected 9 July 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
585 pupils · 85% of 690 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 44.8% of pupils (January 2026)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 150632
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 62 families named it first for 63 Reception places, 0.98 first choices per place. We hold 3 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2024 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 9 July 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.98 first-choice applications per place63 places offered · 62 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Sandwell school admissions
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
no data
no data
no data
no data
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 58% (Sandwell 33%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 9% (Sandwell 4%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 7% (Sandwell 15%, England 4%) · Black African 5% (Sandwell 7%, England 5%) · Any other White background 4% (Sandwell 4%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Sandwell 5%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 3% (Sandwell 10%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Sandwell 2%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Sandwell 3%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Sandwell 4%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Sandwell 4%, England 2%) · White Irish 1% (Sandwell 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 2%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Sandwell: 1.35 suspensions and 0.02 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 3.64% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,429; 9.1% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 15.9% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 32.8% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 15.5% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 30.1% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 42.7% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 57.7% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 29.7% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 12.2% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 10.3% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 9.2% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 14.2% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 24.8% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010045 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £210,000293 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £180,000–£245,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
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
- 6an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 16an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 6an 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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