Harvills Hawthorn Primary School
General Information
- Address: Wolseley Road, Hill Top, West Bromwich, B70 0NG – View on map
- Phone: 01215571034
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Joanne Sheen
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 48 families put it first for 52 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 2 of the 52 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 11 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 147
- % eligible for free school meals: 34.3%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Sandwell average)
- English as an additional language: 48% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 13.3% a year (Sandwell 14%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 43% moved to another school, 57% 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: 5.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 13.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 18.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 38 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 18 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 16 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2025 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 63% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Sandwell average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 57% against an expected 62%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 57%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 77% · Writing 65% · Maths 77% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 80%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 105
- Based on: 60 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 38th of 84 junior and primary schools in the area
- =36Holy Trinity CofE Primary School64%
- =38Blackheath Primary School63%
- =38Harvills Hawthorn Primary School63%
- =38Lightwoods Primary Academy63%
- =38Lyng Primary School63%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,939 (2024-25)
44th of 71 primary schools in Sandwell for spending per pupil
- #42Burnt Tree Primary School£6,988
- #43Grove Vale Primary School£6,973
- #44Harvills Hawthorn Primary School£6,939
- #45Bearwood Primary School£6,937
- #46Bleakhouse Primary School£6,920
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