Caslon Primary Community School
Beeches View Avenue, Halesowen, B63 2ES
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Acting Headteacher
- Mrs Lynnette Holden-Gough
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Halesowen
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 222
- Pupils on roll
- 268
- URN
- 103801
- Local authority
- Dudley
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01384818875
About this school
Caslon Primary Community School is a community primary school in Halesowen. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 268 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 33 | 33 | 33 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 58% | 67% | 52% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 0% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 76% | 76% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 76% | 88% | 79% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 76% | 64% | 55% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.70 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Caslon Primary Community School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Dudley average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 58% | 52.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 54.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 52% | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 259 |
| 2023/24 | 262 |
| 2024/25 | 268 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Caslon Primary Community School compares
Caslon Primary Community School ranked 62nd of 76 primary schools in Dudley for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 21% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 52% | 7.4% | 37.1% | 268 | — |
| Colley Lane Primary Academy | 72% | 5.8% | 34.1% | 483 | 0.6 miles |
| Cradley CofE Primary School | 77% | 4.3% | 18% | 210 | 0.8 miles |
| Wollescote Primary School | 64% | 7.7% | 34.5% | 440 | 0.8 miles |
| Huntingtree Primary School | — | 5.5% | 35.4% | 438 | 0.9 miles |
| Lutley Primary School | 82% | 4.2% | 10.8% | 546 | 1.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 37.09%
- English as an additional language
- 14.2%
- Overall absence
- 7.43%
- Persistent absence
- 25.26%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Colley Lane Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Halesowen
-
Cradley CofE Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Halesowen
-
Wollescote Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Stourbridge
-
Huntingtree Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Halesowen
-
Lutley Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Halesowen
Other schools in Halesowen
Caslon Primary Community School ranks 14th of the 15 ranked primary schools in Halesowen.
- Colley Lane Primary Academy Primary
- Cradley CofE Primary School Primary
- Halesowen CofE Primary School Primary
- Howley Grange Primary School Primary
- Huntingtree Primary School Primary
- Hurst Green Primary School Primary
- Lapal Primary School Primary
- Lutley Primary School Primary
- Manor Way Primary Academy Primary
- Newfield Park Primary Academy Primary
- Olive Hill Primary Academy Primary
- Our Lady and St Kenelm RC School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Caslon Primary Community School teach?
- Caslon Primary Community School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Halesowen.
- Who is the acting headteacher of Caslon Primary Community School?
- The acting headteacher of Caslon Primary Community School is Mrs Lynnette Holden-Gough, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Caslon Primary Community School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Caslon Primary Community School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Caslon Primary Community School?
- Caslon Primary Community School has 268 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Caslon Primary Community School full?
- Caslon Primary Community School has capacity for 222 pupils and 268 on roll (121%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Caslon Primary Community School a faith school?
- No. Caslon Primary Community School has no designated religious character.
- Is Caslon Primary Community School a selective school?
- No. Caslon Primary Community School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Does Caslon Primary Community School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Caslon Primary Community School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Caslon Primary Community School have?
- The schools register lists Caslon Primary Community School's special educational needs provision as: OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Caslon Primary Community School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 58% in 2022/23 and 52% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Caslon Primary Community School rank locally?
- Caslon Primary Community School ranked 62nd of 76 primary schools in Dudley for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 21% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Caslon Primary Community School's absence rate?
- Caslon Primary Community School's overall absence rate is 7.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Caslon Primary Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Caslon Primary Community School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.