New Invention Learning Academy, Willenhall

Ofsted's report card from its 24 February 2026 inspection grades New Invention Learning Academy on 6 areas: 5 strong standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, achieve well across the curriculum."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Pupils enjoy coming to school."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders have created an ambitious and carefully sequenced curriculum that enables pupils to build knowledge step by step across subjects."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Inclusion is at the heart of the school's work."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders and staff, including trust leaders, have high expectations of pupils."

Personal development and wellbeing - Needs attention. "The personal development programme is not coherently planned."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should create a more coherent personal development programme, including effective teaching of key ideas, so that pupils develop secure knowledge. They should use their information on pupils' participation to broaden the opportunities for pupils to develop their talents and interests"; "Leaders, alongside the trust, should continue developing coherent reporting systems so governors and trustees have increasingly clear information to support their work".

In its own words: "At New Invention Learning Academy I believe that we teach your child today for their tomorrow. Including skills that they can use now and for the rest of their lives but also keeping in touch with traditional values, such as respect for others."

In 2025, 85% of Year 6 pupils at New Invention Learning Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 90% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 74% in Walsall and 77% and 75% across England.

Across Walsall, 94% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 98% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Walsall lodged 44 appeals against primary school offers; 30 reached a hearing and 1 succeeded (3.3% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to New Invention Learning Academy are New Invention Infant School (under 0.1 miles, Good); Woodlands Academy of Learning (0.4 miles, Good, 80% reading, 85% maths); Beacon Academy (0.4 miles); and Pool Hayes Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 53% reading, 57% maths).

New Invention Learning Academy's 2025 results were higher than all 2 of them.

New Invention Learning Academy is one of 2 schools run by Primary Learning Trust, an academy trust.

29 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about New Invention Learning Academy (as of September 2026): 86% would recommend the school, 83% say their child is happy there and 33% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (93%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (33%).

31.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (58%), Asian (28%) and Mixed (8%).

In 2026, 37 pupils (10.2%) received SEN support and 8 (2.2%) 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 a moderate learning difficulty.

The nearest railway station is Bloxwich Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Ada Wrighton Close (before), 140 metres away.

In 2024/25, New Invention Learning Academy issued 1 suspension, 0.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to New Invention Learning Academy are Coppice Performing Arts School (0.6 miles), Pool Hayes Academy (0.7 miles), Willenhall E-ACT Academy (1 mile) and Bloxwich Academy (1.1 miles).