Highfields Primary School

Community school·Primary school Rowley Regis, Sandwell·B65 0DA
Composite score
37.7
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#11,629
National rank
#1262
In West Midlands
#69
In Sandwell
Top 79%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
58%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
38 first choices, 46 places
First choices per place
0.83
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
96
any preference, for 46 places
Applications from another council area
15%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.08
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8820220.9320230.6620240.9020250.832026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Highfields Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
5–11
Pupils on roll
419
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
31.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
25.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,187
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Highfields Primary School

Highfields Primary School is a primary school in Rowley Regis, Sandwell, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 419 pupils aged 5 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 58% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 10.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Highfields Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 38 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.0%. There are about 22.1 pupils per teacher. Highfields Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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