Overview of Birchills Church of England Community Academy · Primary · Walsall
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17
Subject breakdown
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
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2024/25
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History
All years · Historical DfE data by academic year
Primary — Key Stage 2
Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.
| Year | RWM expected | RWM higher | Reading exp. | Reading hi. | Writing exp. | Writing hi. | Maths exp. | Maths hi. | Science | SPAG exp. | Read. score | Maths score | GPS score | Reading prog. | Writing prog. | Maths prog. | SEN | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 37% | 0% | 53% | 22% | 45% | 0% | 42% | 17% | 53% | 50% | 102.0 | 100.0 | 101.0 | — | — | — | 20% | 442 |
| 2023/24 | 30% | 0% | 55% | 12% | 45% | 0% | 48% | 8% | 57% | 53% | 102.0 | 100.0 | 102.0 | — | — | — | 18% | 443 |
| 2022/23 | 37% | 6% | 56% | 23% | 58% | 6% | 45% | 13% | 60% | 60% | 104.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 | +0.10 | -0.10 | -1.10 | 18% | 453 |
| 2018/19 | 51% | 2% | 61% | 16% | 63% | 2% | 56% | 21% | 70% | 74% | 103.0 | 102.0 | 106.0 | -1.40 | -2.70 | -2.60 | 20% | 456 |
| 2017/18 | 40% | 8% | 46% | 21% | 62% | 8% | 69% | 23% | 65% | 75% | 101.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 | -0.30 | +0.00 | +2.00 | 21% | 451 |
| 2016/17 | 48% | 7% | 48% | 18% | 64% | 7% | 64% | 25% | 66% | 73% | 99.0 | 101.0 | 104.0 | -1.90 | +1.70 | +2.10 | 24% | 437 |
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
Pupils & absence
| Year | Pupils | Pupil:teacher | SEN | EAL | FSM ever | Absence | Persistent absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 442 | 23.1 | 20% | 55% | 45% | 8% | 27% |
| 2023/24 | 443 | 22.4 | 18% | 53% | 46% | 9% | 30% |
| 2022/23 | 453 | 27.2 | 18% | 47% | 50% | 9% | 28% |
| 2021/22 | 454 | 33.8 | 18% | 45% | 49% | 8% | 30% |
| 2020/21 | 435 | 28.0 | 22% | 38% | 44% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 456 | 31.2 | 20% | 32% | 44% | 5% | 11% |
| 2017/18 | 451 | 38.7 | 21% | 33% | 42% | 5% | 17% |
| 2016/17 | 437 | 27.4 | 24% | 27% | 43% | 5% | 12% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.