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Highfields Primary School

URN
103946
Phase
Primary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Highfields Primary School
URN
103946
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
5-11
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Developing

54 / 100

Developing

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

41

Inspection

55

Admissions Value

51

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

100

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of primary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#67 of 76 schools in Sandwell

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Proceed With Caution

Some performance indicators suggest families should review details carefully.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Average
  • National comparison: Similar to national average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.
  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Highfields Primary School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
  • Application portfolio balance across your shortlist
  • Accessible alternative schools in your area

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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for Highfields Primary School

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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
15 May 2024
Inspection date
20 March 2024
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    School remains Good

    Graded 15 May 2024

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
15 May 202420 March 2024-School remains GoodView report for inspection published 15 May 2024
  • School remains Good

    Published
    15 May 2024
    Inspected
    20 March 2024
    Type
    -
    Report
    View report

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Reception in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

41

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

76

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

39

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.85×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Offer rate

51.3%

Offers as a share of applications

First preference offers: 37

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Where to apply

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Local authority
Sandwell
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Sandwell)
Application deadline
15 January 2027 (on-time deadline for primary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.highfields.sandwell.sch.uk/

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Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

70.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

62.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

63.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

58.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Writing progress

Not published

Maths progress

Maths progress

Not published

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Location

B65 0DA - Beeches Road, Rowley Regis, West Midlands

Contact details

Address
Beeches Road, Rowley Regis, West Midlands
Postcode
B65 0DA
Phone
1215591037
Website
www.highfields.sandwell.sch.uk/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Sandwell
Local authority code
333

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 271 schools in Sandwell.

Authority statistics

Total schools

271

Open schools

135

Closed schools

136

Primary schools

177

Secondary schools

47

Special schools

0

Phase distribution

  • Primary177 (66.0%)
  • Secondary47 (17.5%)
  • Special0 (0.0%)
  • Other44 (16.4%)

Nearby schools

School nameDistancePhaseStatus
Coombswood Special School475 mNot applicableOpen
Blackheath Junior School518 mPrimaryClosed
Blackheath Infant and Nursery School518 mPrimaryClosed
Blackheath Primary School985 mPrimaryOpen
Temple Meadow Primary School1.0 kmPrimaryOpen
Britannia High School1.0 kmSecondaryClosed
Olive Hill Primary Academy1.0 kmPrimaryOpen
Olive Hill Primary School1.0 kmPrimaryClosed
Holt Farm Primary School1.1 kmPrimaryClosed
Halesbury School1.2 kmNot applicableOpen
  • Coombswood Special School
    Distance
    475 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Blackheath Junior School
    Distance
    518 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Blackheath Infant and Nursery School
    Distance
    518 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Blackheath Primary School
    Distance
    985 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Temple Meadow Primary School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Britannia High School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Olive Hill Primary Academy
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Olive Hill Primary School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Holt Farm Primary School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Halesbury School
    Distance
    1.2 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open

Similar schools

Same phase (Primary) and local authority (Sandwell)

School namePhasePostcodeStatus
Abbey Infant SchoolPrimaryB67 5LROpen
Abbey Junior SchoolPrimaryB67 5LTOpen
Albert Pritchard Infant SchoolPrimaryWS10 9QGOpen
Albion Junior SchoolPrimaryB66 1BAClosed
All Saints CofE Primary SchoolPrimaryB71 1QNOpen
  • Abbey Infant School
    Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    B67 5LR
    Status
    Open
  • Abbey Junior School
    Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    B67 5LT
    Status
    Open
  • Albert Pritchard Infant School
    Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    WS10 9QG
    Status
    Open
  • Albion Junior School
    Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    B66 1BA
    Status
    Closed
  • All Saints CofE Primary School
    Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    B71 1QN
    Status
    Open

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.