Park Hill Primary School
Coronation Road, Wednesbury, WS10 0TJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- Wednesday Learning Community Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Caroline Logan
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Tipton and Wednesbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 231
- URN
- 103910
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01215562188
About this school
Park Hill Primary School is a foundation primary school in Wednesbury. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 231 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Park Hill Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 28 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 14% | 53% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 0% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 80% | 75% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 63% | 61% | 73% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 83% | 64% | 77% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 104.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 98.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.60 | - | - |
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 Park Hill Primary 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 | Sandwell average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 57% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 14% | 57.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 53% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 235 |
| 2023/24 | 230 |
| 2024/25 | 234 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Park Hill Primary School compares
Park Hill Primary School ranked 63rd of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 26% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 53% | 4.7% | 36.1% | 231 | — |
| Tameside Primary Academy | 75% | 7.2% | 51.8% | 388 | 0.4 miles |
| Mesty Croft Primary | 46% | 6% | 43.9% | 410 | 0.5 miles |
| The Priory Primary School | 63% | 5% | 50.8% | 458 | 0.7 miles |
| Albert Pritchard Infant School | — | 7.9% | 31.3% | 244 | 0.7 miles |
| Wood Green Junior School | 60% | 5.4% | 42.1% | 340 | 0.8 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report27 January 2026
- 27 June 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 36.06%
- English as an additional language
- 11.5%
- Overall absence
- 4.74%
- Persistent absence
- 13.11%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Tameside Primary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Wednesbury
-
Mesty Croft Primary0.5 miles
Primary · Wednesbury
-
The Priory Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Wednesbury
-
Albert Pritchard Infant School0.7 miles
Primary · Wednesbury
-
Wood Green Junior School0.8 miles
Primary · Wednesbury
Other schools in Wednesbury
Park Hill Primary School ranks 11th of the 14 ranked primary schools in Wednesbury.
- Albert Pritchard Infant School Primary
- Holyhead Primary Academy Primary
- Kings Hill Primary School Primary
- Mesty Croft Primary Primary
- Old Church Church of England C Primary School Primary
- Old Park Primary School Primary
- Pinfold Street Primary School Primary
- Salisbury Primary School Primary
- St John's Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Darlaston Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Tameside Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Park Hill Primary School teach?
- Park Hill Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Wednesbury.
- Who is the headteacher of Park Hill Primary School?
- The headteacher of Park Hill Primary School is Mrs Caroline Logan, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Park Hill Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Park Hill Primary 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 many pupils are at Park Hill Primary School?
- Park Hill Primary School has 231 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Park Hill Primary School full?
- Park Hill Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 231 on roll (110%), 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 Park Hill Primary School a faith school?
- No. Park Hill Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Park Hill Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Park Hill Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Is Park Hill Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Park Hill Primary School is part of Wednesday Learning Community Trust. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Park Hill Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 57% in 2022/23 and 53% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Park Hill Primary School compare with other schools in Sandwell?
- Park Hill Primary School ranked 63rd of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 26% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Park Hill Primary School's absence rate?
- Park Hill Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Park Hill Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Park Hill Primary 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.