Ofsted inspection · 15/10/2024
Overview of Croft 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 | 60% | 10% | 63% | 23% | 83% | 13% | 90% | 40% | 90% | 90% | 103.0 | 107.0 | 110.0 | — | — | — | 17% | 252 |
| 2023/24 | 89% | 11% | 89% | 74% | 89% | 19% | 89% | 44% | 89% | 89% | 111.0 | 109.0 | 112.0 | — | — | — | 22% | 244 |
| 2022/23 | 48% | 3% | 68% | 23% | 55% | 10% | 71% | 16% | 77% | 58% | 105.0 | 104.0 | 100.0 | +3.90 | +0.60 | +2.50 | 20% | 250 |
| 2018/19 | 57% | 4% | 68% | 11% | 79% | 14% | 71% | 14% | 86% | 54% | 102.0 | 102.0 | 100.0 | -0.20 | +1.90 | -0.30 | 20% | 234 |
| 2017/18 | 70% | 0% | 70% | 11% | 74% | 15% | 70% | 7% | 78% | 63% | 103.0 | 103.0 | 101.0 | -0.80 | +0.20 | -0.60 | 19% | 229 |
| 2016/17 | 30% | 0% | 37% | 3% | 70% | 0% | 47% | 0% | 63% | 53% | 95.0 | 99.0 | 100.0 | -7.40 | -2.30 | -3.80 | 20% | 236 |
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 | 252 | 24.6 | 17% | 63% | 67% | 5% | 14% |
| 2023/24 | 244 | 23.4 | 22% | 64% | 64% | 5% | 14% |
| 2022/23 | 250 | 24.9 | 20% | 63% | 62% | 6% | 20% |
| 2021/22 | 255 | 27.2 | 21% | 60% | 54% | 6% | 22% |
| 2020/21 | 246 | 28.5 | 18% | 68% | 43% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 234 | 24.6 | 20% | 67% | 44% | 4% | 11% |
| 2017/18 | 229 | 31.2 | 19% | 72% | 49% | 4% | 11% |
| 2016/17 | 236 | 22.1 | 20% | 77% | 47% | 4% | 10% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.