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Lodge Farm Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Sponsored academy
Willenhall School Sports College Campus, Furzebank Way, Willenhall WV12 4BU · lodgefarmprimary.co.uk · 01902 928900
On the mapSearch near WV12 4BU
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 39%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Walsall 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 376
- 90% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 42.1%
- First language not English
- 29.8%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Shine Academies
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 32 families put the school first and 32 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 32 | 32 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 46 | 42 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 36 | 36 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 39% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% the higher standard. Across Walsall it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼39% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼101 | 106 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 104215)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 28 February 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Lodge Farm Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 27 Feb 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 104215), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Oct 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Jan 2016Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 104215)
What parents said
84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (38 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 84%
- Replies
- 38
- 9% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 32% who had a child bullied