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Hillary Primary School

Primary · Walsall · WS2 9BP

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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: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 20 June 2023

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At a glance

675 pupils · 95% of 708 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
41.8% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.hillary.walsall.sch.uk
URN
151662

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.91 first-choice applications per place

81 places offered · 74 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.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.5%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15.6%
England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

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.

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