Bentley West Primary School Additionally Resourced for Hearing Impaired
Monmouth Road, Bentley, Walsall, WS2 0EQ
This school is closed (it closed in May 2024).
It was replaced by Bentley West Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Luke Molloy
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment
- Constituency
- Walsall South
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 494
- Pupils on roll
- 467
- URN
- 104174
- Local authority
- Walsall
About this school
Bentley West Primary School Additionally Resourced for Hearing Impaired was a community primary school in Walsall. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 467 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Bentley West Primary School Additionally Resourced for Hearing Impaired has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 43% | 37% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 58% | 58% |
| Expected standard in maths | 52% | 48% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 57% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.50 | - |
| Writing progress | -2.40 | - |
| Maths progress | -3.20 | - |
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 Bentley West Primary School Additionally Resourced for Hearing Impaired has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Walsall average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 43% | 56.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 37% | 57.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 57.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 456 |
| 2023/24 | 467 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bentley West Primary School Additionally Resourced for Hearing Impaired compares
Its absence rate was lower than 27% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7.1% | 39.1% | 467 | — |
| Bentley West Primary School | 38% | 6.8% | 42.4% | 436 | 0.0 miles |
| King Charles Primary School | 46% | 7.7% | 43.8% | 436 | 0.4 miles |
| County Bridge Primary School | 77% | 4.6% | 45.5% | 229 | 0.5 miles |
| Lodge Farm Primary School | 39% | 6.6% | 48.3% | 376 | 0.5 miles |
| Rosedale Church of England C Infant School | — | 9.5% | 34.9% | 199 | 0.6 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 39.1%
- English as an additional language
- 18.8%
- Overall absence
- 7.1%
- Persistent absence
- 23.2%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bentley West Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Walsall
-
King Charles Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Walsall
-
County Bridge Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Walsall
-
Lodge Farm Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Willenhall
-
Rosedale Church of England C Infant School0.6 miles
Primary · Willenhall
Other schools in Walsall
- Abbey Primary School Primary
- All Saints National Academy Primary
- Alumwell Infant School Primary
- Alumwell Junior School Primary
- Beacon Academy Primary
- Bentley West Primary School Primary
- Birchills Church of England Community Academy Primary
- Blue Coat Church of England Aided Infant School Primary
- Blue Coat Church of England Aided Junior School Primary
- Brownhills West Primary School Primary
- Busill Jones Primary School Primary
- Butts Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Bentley West Primary School Additionally Resourced for Hearing Impaired teach?
- Bentley West Primary School Additionally Resourced for Hearing Impaired taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Walsall.
- Has Bentley West Primary School Additionally Resourced for Hearing Impaired been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Bentley West Primary School Additionally Resourced for Hearing Impaired under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Bentley West Primary School Additionally Resourced for Hearing Impaired?
- Bentley West Primary School Additionally Resourced for Hearing Impaired had 467 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Bentley West Primary School Additionally Resourced for Hearing Impaired's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 43% in 2022/23 and 37% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Bentley West Primary School Additionally Resourced for Hearing Impaired's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bentley West Primary School Additionally Resourced for Hearing Impaired'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 8 July 2024.