Ofsted inspection · 03/07/2024
Overview of Palmers Cross Primary School · Primary · Wolverhampton
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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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 | 55% | 12% | 70% | 27% | 64% | 18% | 76% | 24% | 67% | 73% | 104.0 | 105.0 | 108.0 | — | — | — | 14% | 237 |
| 2023/24 | 66% | 6% | 84% | 38% | 72% | 16% | 75% | 25% | 72% | 81% | 109.0 | 106.0 | 110.0 | — | — | — | 14% | 230 |
| 2022/23 | 73% | 7% | 83% | 40% | 77% | 23% | 77% | 20% | 83% | 80% | 108.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 | +1.10 | +0.90 | -1.00 | 14% | 229 |
| 2018/19 | 76% | 14% | 83% | 34% | 79% | 24% | 83% | 21% | 83% | 86% | 106.0 | 106.0 | 110.0 | +2.20 | +2.20 | +1.90 | 18% | 224 |
| 2017/18 | 71% | 16% | 77% | 26% | 84% | 23% | 81% | 26% | 84% | 84% | 107.0 | 106.0 | 110.0 | +3.10 | +3.40 | +3.20 | — | 225 |
| 2016/17 | 50% | 14% | 71% | 21% | 71% | 21% | 64% | 14% | 86% | 71% | 106.0 | 103.0 | 109.0 | +3.60 | +3.30 | +1.80 | 21% | 178 |
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 | 237 | 24.3 | 14% | 21% | 35% | 5% | 11% |
| 2023/24 | 230 | 20.2 | 14% | 19% | 34% | 4% | 11% |
| 2022/23 | 229 | 20.0 | 14% | 16% | 40% | 6% | 14% |
| 2021/22 | 239 | 20.9 | 23% | 18% | 42% | 6% | 18% |
| 2020/21 | 235 | 18.3 | 21% | 17% | 40% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 224 | 19.8 | 18% | 19% | 42% | 4% | 7% |
| 2017/18 | — | 21.8 | — | — | — | 4% | 11% |
| 2016/17 | 178 | 17.8 | 21% | 18% | 43% | 4% | 10% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.