Bushbury Hill Primary School
Old Fallings Lane, Wolverhampton, WV10 8BY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Charlotte Underwood
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton North East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 266
- Pupils on roll
- 243
- URN
- 104290
- Local authority
- Wolverhampton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01902558230
About this school
Bushbury Hill Primary School is a community primary school in Wolverhampton. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 243 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 58 | 31 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 43% | 42% | 53% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 62% | 65% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 57% | 58% | 57% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 72% | 74% | 73% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 102.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.00 | - | - |
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 Bushbury 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 | Wolverhampton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 43% | 59% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 42% | 58.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 53% | 60.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 292 |
| 2023/24 | 257 |
| 2024/25 | 258 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bushbury Hill Primary School compares
Bushbury Hill Primary School ranked 56th of 63 primary schools in Wolverhampton 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 32% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 53% | 6.4% | 69.8% | 243 | — |
| Northwood Park Primary School | 33% | 6.7% | 48.2% | 609 | 0.4 miles |
| Fallings Park Primary School | — | — | — | 685 | 0.4 miles |
| Whitgreave Primary School | 81% | 4.2% | 65.1% | 442 | 0.5 miles |
| Berrybrook Primary School | 62% | 8.1% | 61.7% | 214 | 0.6 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy | 78% | 3.8% | 41.4% | 472 | 0.7 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)
- 69.75%
- English as an additional language
- 21.3%
- Overall absence
- 6.41%
- Persistent absence
- 18.31%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Northwood Park Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
-
Fallings Park Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
-
Whitgreave Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
-
Berrybrook Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
-
St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
Other schools in Wolverhampton
Bushbury Hill Primary School ranks 59th of the 67 ranked primary schools in Wolverhampton.
- Albrighton Primary School & Nursery Primary
- All Saints' CofE Primary School Primary
- Bantock Primary School Primary
- Berrybrook Primary School Primary
- Bhylls Acre Primary School Primary
- Birches First School Primary
- Blakeley Heath Primary School Primary
- Bushbury Lane Academy Primary
- Castlecroft Primary School Primary
- Christ Church (Church of England) Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Christ Church (Church of England) Junior School Primary
- Claregate Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Bushbury Hill Primary School teach?
- Bushbury Hill Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Wolverhampton.
- Who is the headteacher of Bushbury Hill Primary School?
- The headteacher of Bushbury Hill Primary School is Mrs Charlotte Underwood, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Bushbury Hill Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bushbury 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 big is Bushbury Hill Primary School?
- Bushbury Hill Primary School has 243 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Bushbury Hill Primary School full?
- Bushbury Hill Primary School has capacity for 266 pupils and 243 on roll (91%), so it has space against 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 Bushbury Hill Primary School a faith school?
- No. Bushbury Hill Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Bushbury Hill Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Bushbury Hill Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Bushbury Hill Primary School'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 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 Bushbury Hill Primary School rank locally?
- Bushbury Hill Primary School ranked 56th of 63 primary schools in Wolverhampton 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 32% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bushbury Hill Primary School's absence rate?
- Bushbury Hill Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bushbury Hill Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bushbury 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.