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Hateley Heath Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Huntingdon Road, West Bromwich B71 2RP · hateleyheath.com · 0121 556 0370
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 57%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Sandwell 61%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Sandwell Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 418
- 94% of 444 places
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 32.9%
- First language not English
- 54.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Sandwell Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 36 families put the school first and 38 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 | 38 | 36 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 49 | 43 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 45 | 41 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 26 | 26 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 57% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% the higher standard. Across Sandwell it was 61%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼57% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 131943)
Ofsted
Hateley Heath Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 27 February 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 27 Feb 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 131943), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Feb 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
Jan 2020Inadequate
Quality of education Inadequate Behaviour and attitudes Inadequate Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 131943)
Before September 2019
Jun 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 131943)
Nov 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 131943)
What parents said
77% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (13 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 77%
- Replies
- 13
- 3% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 54% who raised concerns
based on the 15% who had a child bullied