Kings Hill Primary School, Wednesbury

Ofsted's report card from its 16 June 2026 inspection grades Kings Hill Primary School on 7 areas: 6 strong standard and 1 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils achieve well across the school."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Attendance has been a key priority at this school."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "This school provides a well-planned and ambitious curriculum that successfully enables pupils to build knowledge over time."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "This is a highly inclusive school where pupils are understood as individuals."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders have secured sustained improvement and high standards over time."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders provide a rich and carefully structured programme for pupils' personal development and well-being."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children in the early years get off to a positive start."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that, in the early years, adults consistently use high-quality interactions and well-designed continuous provision so children sustain engagement, develop independence and deepen their learning"; "Leaders could strengthen how well pupils understand the link between their experiences and future aspirations, including ensuring they feel confident and well prepared for transition to secondary education".

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to King’s Hill Primary School. We offer an excellent, caring and secure environment in which everyone feels valued. We provide high quality teaching and learning experiences for all pupils, resulting in excellent standards and pupil achievement. Earlier this year, ‘The King’s Federation’ was formed with King’s Hill being the lead school."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, swimming and choir.

The school runs a breakfast club.

In 2025, 86% of Year 6 pupils at Kings Hill Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 86% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 74% in Walsall and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 84% in reading and 82% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 61 families put Kings Hill Primary School as their first choice and 92 named it as one of their preferences, for 60 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 4 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Kings Hill Primary School are Old Park Primary School (0.3 miles, Outstanding, 73% reading, 78% maths); Salisbury Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 74% reading, 71% maths); Old Church Church of England C Primary School (0.6 miles); and Pinfold Street Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 67% reading, 77% maths).

Kings Hill 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%), and 42.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (53%), White British (19%) and Mixed (11%).

The nearest railway station is Darlaston Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Franchise Street (before), 10 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Kings Hill 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, Kings Hill Primary School issued 1 suspension, 0.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Kings Hill Primary School are Grace Academy Darlaston (0.9 miles); Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School (0.9 miles); Wood Green Academy (1 mile); and St Thomas More Catholic School, Willenhall (1.2 miles).