Ofsted inspection · 24/04/2024
Overview of Lower Farm Primary School · 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 | 68% | 7% | 90% | 37% | 73% | 14% | 83% | 29% | 88% | 88% | 107.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 | — | — | — | 16% | 464 |
| 2023/24 | 61% | 3% | 84% | 44% | 67% | 13% | 74% | 39% | 77% | 74% | 107.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 | — | — | — | 15% | 465 |
| 2022/23 | 68% | 8% | 87% | 30% | 80% | 10% | 80% | 37% | 87% | 83% | 106.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 | +0.50 | +0.20 | +2.20 | 14% | 480 |
| 2018/19 | 61% | 2% | 72% | 11% | 75% | 3% | 87% | 18% | 84% | 84% | 103.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 | -2.90 | -3.10 | -0.70 | 7% | 482 |
| 2017/18 | 55% | 9% | 66% | 13% | 83% | 21% | 68% | 17% | 85% | 62% | 103.0 | 102.0 | 102.0 | -4.10 | -0.90 | -3.20 | 7% | 472 |
| 2016/17 | 54% | 3% | 66% | 19% | 83% | 8% | 63% | 17% | 86% | 71% | 102.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 | -4.70 | -2.00 | -3.70 | 7% | 480 |
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 | 464 | 22.5 | 16% | 4% | 42% | 5% | 11% |
| 2023/24 | 465 | 24.3 | 15% | 4% | 33% | 5% | 14% |
| 2022/23 | 480 | 19.8 | 14% | 3% | 31% | 6% | 18% |
| 2021/22 | 476 | 21.1 | 16% | 2% | 29% | 6% | 16% |
| 2020/21 | 474 | 22.8 | 9% | 2% | 21% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 482 | 26.9 | 7% | 4% | 23% | 4% | 7% |
| 2017/18 | 472 | 25.7 | 7% | 2% | 23% | 4% | 8% |
| 2016/17 | 480 | 22.4 | 7% | 4% | 22% | 4% | 7% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.