Bhylls Acre Primary School, Wolverhampton

Ofsted's report card from its 21 April 2026 inspection grades Bhylls Acre Primary School on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "By the end of Year 6, pupils mostly gain the knowledge and confidence that they need for secondary school."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "An inclusive culture helps pupils feel welcome."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have set out a broad and ambitious curriculum that reflects what pupils should learn and remember over time."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders and the trust have worked with determination to strengthen all aspects of early years provision."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "At Bhylls Acre, every pupil feels part of the school community."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "The school has been through a turbulent period, with significant changes in leadership and staffing since the last inspection."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed a personal development programme that builds key ideas carefully over time and gives pupils access to a range of experiences."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should further develop staff expertise in adaptive practice so teaching responds more precisely to the learning needs of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities"; "Leaders should further develop staff expertise in assessing pupils' understanding during lessons so that misconceptions are addressed promptly and opportunities to deepen learning are not missed"; "Leaders should continue to refine teaching approaches so the small number of pupils with remaining gaps develop greater accuracy and consistency in spelling, handwriting and sentence construction in their written work"; "Leaders should further develop early years practice so all adults consistently extend children's language and thinking through purposeful interaction".

In its own words: "At Bhylls Acre Primary School we want all our children to achieve their full potential in a happy, nurturing environment in which they can flourish. Bhylls Acre Primary School will strive to nurture happy, confident individuals, with a passion for life-long learning, equipped with the self-motivation and courage required to understand and respect our ever changing world."

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care.

The school week is 34 hours a week.

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils at Bhylls Acre Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 63% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 79% and 77% in Staffordshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 93% in reading and 61% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 24 families put Bhylls Acre Primary School as their first choice and 67 named it as one of their preferences, for 27 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Bhylls Acre Primary School are Castlecroft Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 79% reading, 79% maths); St Michael's Catholic Primary Academy and Nursery (0.6 miles, Good, 82% reading, 79% maths); Westacre Infant School (0.6 miles); and Uplands Junior School (0.7 miles, Good, 80% reading, 82% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Bhylls Acre Primary School.

Bhylls Acre Primary School is one of 4 schools run by Ignite Learning Partnership, an academy trust.

5.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (50%), Asian (14%) and Mixed (13%).

In 2026, 25 pupils (12.1%) received SEN support and 2 (1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Bhylls Acre Primary School had 8 teachers in 2026, one for every 25 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Wolverhampton St George's (West Midlands Metro), about 2.5 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bhylls Lane (adjacent), 190 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Bhylls Acre Primary School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 8th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Bhylls Acre Primary School issued 1 suspension, 0.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Bhylls Acre Primary School are Smestow Academy (0.4 miles), Highfields School (0.7 miles) and Perton Middle School (1.6 miles).