OFSTED
Latest inspection
6 May 2026
Latest published outcome
Met
Renewed framework
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum & teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance & behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development
Expected standard
Leadership & governance
Expected standard
INSPECTION HISTORY
Previous Ofsted activity
10 March 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Published
8 May 2022
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Community school
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
Local authority
Staffordshire
Trust
Not applicable
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
408
408 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
216
52.9% of pupils
Male pupils
192
47.1% of pupils
15.5 pts
below England
School
9.3%
South Staffordshire
16.8%
West Midlands
30.6%
England
24.8%
17.8 pts
below England
School
2.5%
South Staffordshire
2.1%
West Midlands
22.4%
England
20.3%
0.0 pts
in line with England
School
1.0%
South Staffordshire
0.2%
West Midlands
0.6%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
White and Black Caribbean
5.1%
21
Any other White background
1.2%
5
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
14.2%
58 of
408 pupils
6.6 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
South Staffordshire
18.5%
SEN support
13.0%
53 pupils
England
14.8%
1.8 pts
below
EHC plans
1.2%
5 pupils
England
6.0%
4.8 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Speech, language & communication
18
Specific learning difficulty
16
Social, emotional & mental health
12
Moderate learning difficulty
8
Autistic spectrum disorder
2
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
4.05%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
2.17 pts
lower than
England
School
4.05%
South Staffordshire
5.55%
West Midlands
6.28%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
7.06%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
8.75 pts
lower than
England
School
7.06%
South Staffordshire
13.09%
West Midlands
16.42%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
0.56%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
1.24 pts
lower than
England
School
0.56%
South Staffordshire
1.49%
West Midlands
1.82%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
103.8%
15.6 pts
above England
Landywood Primary School
103.8%
South Staffordshire
86.6%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.