Bhylls Acre Primary School, Wolverhampton
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 5 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Bhylls Acre excels at creating a warm, inclusive community where every child feels valued and known. The school combines strong academic teaching with excellent emotional support, helping pupils manage their feelings and develop healthy habits. Leadership has successfully turned the school around, with staff morale high and families confident in the school's care and commitment to their children.
Key Strengths
- Strong attendance and behaviour culture with effective support for pupils who miss school
- Broad, ambitious curriculum with clear guidance helping staff teach with confidence
- Excellent pastoral support and wellbeing provision, including calm corners and emotional regulation support
- Effective inclusion practices ensuring all pupils feel part of the school community
- Good progress in reading and mathematics, with Year 4 performing significantly better than national average in multiplication check
Areas for Improvement
- Some older pupils still have gaps in writing skills and accuracy that need further closing
- Teachers sometimes miss opportunities to probe pupils' understanding deeply enough to extend thinking
- Quality of adult interactions in early years varies, with some missed chances to extend children's language
- Curriculum adaptations for pupils with special educational needs are not always precisely matched to individual requirements
- Task choices for some pupils with additional needs occasionally limit what they can complete during lessons
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility, concerns are actively identified and acted upon, and pupils feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Play leader opportunities, enterprise projects, musical opportunities, sporting opportunities, Off-Screen Adventures programme with families, organised playground games including reading shed, dancing, sports
Bhylls Acre Primary School has recovered well from a turbulent period with significant leadership and staffing changes. The school now provides a welcoming, inclusive environment where pupils achieve at expected standards and feel safe and valued.
At a Glance
20.3%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 93% to 60%. Maths has remained stable at around 63%. Writing has declined from 86% to 70%.
Class Sizes
29.0
Avg class size
30.0
Infant (KS1)
28.3
KS2
7
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
90%
Near capacity
207 pupils
230 capacity
23 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Wolverhampton
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Wolverhampton
Admissions Demand - Staffordshire
Places available
10,783
Applications
8,531
Got 1st preference
95.6%
Got preferred school
99.2%
Primary admissions across Staffordshire (2025/26)
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
4.79102%
Overall absence
10.49724%
Persistent absence
181
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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