Eaton Valley Primary School
General Information
- Address: Dagger Lane, West Bromwich, B71 4BU – View on map
- Phone: 01215531593
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Claire Evans
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 59 families put it first for 60 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 11 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 109
- % eligible for free school meals: 25.7%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Sandwell average)
- English as an additional language: 54% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 12.1% a year (Sandwell 14%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 72% moved to another school, 28% 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.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Sandwell: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 6 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 4 (0.1 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 Sandwell, 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: 5.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 11.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 34 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 19 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 10 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 4 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 54% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 2% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 7 percentage points below the Sandwell average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 58% against an expected 62%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 58%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 64% · Writing 70% · Maths 79% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 77%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 105
- Based on: 61 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: 62nd of 84 junior and primary schools in the area
- =60Moorlands Primary School55%
- =60Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery55%
- #62Eaton Valley Primary School54%
- =63Hall Green Primary School53%
- =63Park Hill Primary School53%
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15th of 54 primary schools in Sandwell for Ofsted rating
- #13Christ Church Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #14Corngreaves AcademyGood
- #15Eaton Valley Primary SchoolGood
- #16Ferndale Primary SchoolGood
- #17Galton Valley Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,163 (2024-25)
32nd of 71 primary schools in Sandwell for spending per pupil
- #30Hall Green Primary School£7,172
- #31George Betts Primary Academy£7,166
- #32Eaton Valley Primary School£7,163
- #33Corngreaves Academy£7,163
- #34St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School£7,141
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