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Rowley Hall Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Windsor Road, Sandwell, Rowley Regis B65 9HU · rowleyhall.sandwell.sch.uk · 0121 559 1400
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2024
- Key stage 2, 2018/19
- 47%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Sandwell Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 585
- 85% of 690 places
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 44.8%
- First language not English
- 17.9%
- 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, 62 families put the school first and 63 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 | 63 | 62 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 49 | 41 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 56 | 47 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 61 | 51 | 0.8 | 98% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 72 | 61 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2018/19, 47% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% the higher standard.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| n/a | 62% | ||
| n/a | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| n/a | 106 | ||
| n/a | 105 | ||
| n/a | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 103955)
Ofsted
Rowley Hall Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 9 July 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 9 Jul 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 103955)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 103955), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Jul 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
Nov 2021Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 103955)
Before September 2019
Feb 2018Requires 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 103955)
Dec 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 103955)