Short Heath Junior School

Walsall · WV12 4DS

General information Junior School · 7-11 years Who goes here 305 pupils, 51.1% FSM

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Short Heath Junior School

General Information

Address: Pennine Way, Willenhall, WV12 4DS – View on map
Phone: 01902368499
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Cathy Draper
Age range: 7-11 years
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

305 pupils out of 330 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 156
% eligible for free school meals: 51.1%
Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (less mixed than the Walsall average)
English as an additional language: 13% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 8.7% a year (Walsall 14.6%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
Where they went: about 78% moved to another school, 22% 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

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Across Walsall: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 5 (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: 2 (0.1 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 Walsall, 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: 9.2%
Persistently absent pupils: 30.3%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

Resourced provision for Social, emotional and mental health 8 places · 8 pupils at the last count

Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.

Pupils on SEN Support: 30.8%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 10.5%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Moderate learning difficulty: 34 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 27 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 22 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 10 pupils
Hearing impairment: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Social, emotional and mental health: 16 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 11 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Physical disability: 1 pupil
Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2022 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 33% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 29 percentage points below the Walsall average (62%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 50% against an expected 58%)
3-year average (expected standard): 50%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 61% · Writing 45% · Maths 60% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 60%
Average test scores: reading 103, maths 103
Based on: 94 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

This schoolWalsall averageEngland↘ Falling Down 41 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 29 percentage points below the Walsall average (62%).

Year 6 SATs: 60th of 61 junior and primary schools in the area

#58All Saints National Academy36%
#59Greenfield Primary School34%
#60Short Heath Junior School33%
#61Pelsall Village School18%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Streetly100%
#2St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School88%
=3Reedswood E-ACT Academy83%
=3St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School83%
=5Blackwood School79%
=5New Invention Learning Academy79%
=7County Bridge Primary School77%
=7Millfield Primary School77%
=7St Giles Church of England Primary School77%
=7Walsall Wood School77%
=11Bloxwich Academy75%
=11Goldsmith Primary Academy75%
=13Kings Hill Primary School74%
=13St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Darlaston74%
#15St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School73%
=16St Michael's Church of England C Primary School72%
=16St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich72%
=16Woods Bank Academy72%
=19Blue Coat Church of England Aided Junior School70%
=19Whitehall Junior Community School70%
=21Manor Primary School69%
=21Woodlands Academy of Learning69%
=23Butts Primary School68%
=23Lower Farm Primary School68%
=23Park Hall Junior Academy68%
=23Pheasey Park Farm Primary School and Early Years Centre68%
=27Salisbury Primary School67%
=27St Francis Catholic Primary School67%
#29St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall66%
=30Chuckery Primary School64%
=30Leighswood School64%
=30St John's Church of England Primary School64%
=33Cooper and Jordan Church of England Primary School63%
=33Leamore Primary School63%
=33Ryders Hayes School63%
#36Jubilee Academy Mossley62%
=37Croft Academy60%
=37North Walsall Primary Academy60%
=39Busill Jones Primary School59%
=39Whetstone Field Primary School59%
=41Caldmore Primary Academy57%
=41Watling Street Primary School57%
#43Brownhills West Primary School55%
=44Fibbersley Park Academy54%
=44Rivers Primary Academy54%
#46Alumwell Junior School53%
#47St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School52%
#48Edgar Stammers Primary Academy50%
#49Palfrey Junior School49%
#50Elmore Green Primary School48%
#51King Charles Primary School46%
#52Radleys Primary School45%
#53Pinfold Street Primary School44%
#54Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School41%
#55Lodge Farm Primary School39%
#56Bentley West Primary School38%
#57Birchills Church of England Community Academy37%
#58All Saints National Academy36%
#59Greenfield Primary School34%
#60Short Heath Junior School33%
#61Pelsall Village School18%

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5th of 6 junior schools in Walsall for Ofsted rating

#3Delves Junior SchoolGood
#4Field Road AcademyGood
#5Short Heath Junior SchoolGood
#6Whitehall Junior Community SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Alumwell Junior SchoolGood
#2Blue Coat Church of England Aided Junior SchoolGood
#3Delves Junior SchoolGood
#4Field Road AcademyGood
#5Short Heath Junior SchoolGood
#6Whitehall Junior Community SchoolGood

Financials

Spending per pupil, and how this school compares to others nearby, will appear here once we've linked in official DfE spending data.

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