Claregate Primary School
General Information
- Address: Chester Avenue, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, WV6 9JU – View on map
- Phone: 01902558575
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Lee Davis-Powell
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 31 families put it first for 36 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 2 of the 36 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 8 · 2024 7 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 144
- % eligible for free school meals: 38.1%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Wolverhampton average)
- English as an additional language: 24% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 4.7% a year (Wolverhampton 15.5%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 38% moved to another school, 62% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Wolverhampton: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 3 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 6 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Wolverhampton, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 13.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 19 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 11 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 10 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Ofsted report card January 2026
Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.
- Safeguarding Met
- Inclusion Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching Needs attention
- Achievement Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard
- Early years Needs attention
- Leadership and governance Expected standard
Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Good (2021). The report card above replaces that grade.
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 69% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 10% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 4 percentage points above the Wolverhampton average (66%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 63% against an expected 63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 63%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 82% · Writing 79% · Maths 77% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 82%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 103
- Based on: 62 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 26th of 63 junior and primary schools in the area
- =24St Teresa's Catholic Primary Academy70%
- =26Bilston Church of England Primary School69%
- =26Claregate Primary School69%
- =26Hill Avenue Academy69%
- =26Woodthorne Primary School69%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,593 (2024-25)
44th of 64 primary schools in Wolverhampton for spending per pupil
- #42St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy£6,794
- #43Wilkinson Primary School£6,741
- #44Claregate Primary School£6,593
- #45Dunstall Hill Primary School£6,517
- #46St Michael's Catholic Primary Academy and Nursery£6,482
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