Blackheath Primary School, Rowley Regis

Ofsted's report card from its 14 April 2026 inspection grades Blackheath Primary School on 7 areas: 2 strong standard and 5 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Attendance is a high priority for the school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders prioritise pupils' personal development."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Generally, pupils achieve well."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders ensure that the curriculum is ambitious, coherent and well sequenced."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children make a positive start in the early years."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have high expectations and ensure that inclusion is a priority."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders are tenacious and committed to realising the potential of all pupils."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that staff interactions with children are consistently maximised so that children benefit fully from high-quality modelled language across all areas of learning in the early years"; "Governors should ensure that they use sufficiently detailed information about the school's performance from a wide range of sources to challenge leaders consistently and robustly across all aspects of the school's work"; "Leaders should ensure that teachers consistently use assessment effectively to identify when pupils have misconceptions or errors and adjust their teaching accordingly"; "Leaders should ensure that learning activities are consistently well matched to the differing starting points of pupils".

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils at Blackheath Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 80% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 75% in Sandwell and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 72% in reading and 70% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 67 families put Blackheath Primary School as their first choice and 147 named it as one of their preferences, for 60 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 10 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Blackheath Primary School are Highfields Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 70% reading, 63% maths); Rowley Hall Primary School (0.7 miles); Causeway Green Primary School (0.8 miles, Requires improvement, 78% reading, 69% maths); and Brickhouse Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 47% reading, 57% maths).

Blackheath Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

35.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 78 pupils (17.1%) received SEN support and 11 (2.4%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Rowley Regis Rail Station, about 520 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Carlyle Road (adjacent), 210 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Blackheath Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Blackheath Primary School issued 8 suspensions, 1.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Blackheath Primary School are St Michael's Church of England High School (0.5 miles), Ormiston Forge Academy (1.1 miles), Oldbury Academy (1.2 miles) and Leasowes High School (1.4 miles).