Claregate Primary School
Chester Avenue, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, WV6 9JU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Lee Davis-Powell
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 390
- URN
- 104310
- Local authority
- Wolverhampton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01902558575
About this school
Claregate Primary School is a community primary school in Wolverhampton. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 390 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
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
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Needs attention
- 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 | 57 | 55 | 62 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 60% | 58% | 69% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 4% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 74% | 64% | 82% |
| Expected standard in maths | 79% | 78% | 77% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 81% | 82% | 82% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 102.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.70 | - | - |
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 Claregate 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 | 60% | 59% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 58% | 58.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 69% | 60.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 430 |
| 2023/24 | 424 |
| 2024/25 | 424 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Claregate Primary School compares
Claregate Primary School ranked 28th of 63 primary schools in Wolverhampton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 69% | 4.9% | 33.3% | 390 | — |
| SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy & Nursery | 64% | 4.4% | 43.9% | 225 | 0.5 miles |
| St Michael's CofE Primary Academy | — | — | — | 224 | 0.6 miles |
| Palmers Cross Primary School | 55% | 5.4% | 34.9% | 223 | 0.7 miles |
| Dovecotes Primary School | — | — | — | 277 | 0.8 miles |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School | — | 7.6% | 57% | 469 | 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 33.25%
- English as an additional language
- 23.6%
- Overall absence
- 4.9%
- Persistent absence
- 12.99%
Location
Nearby schools
-
SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy & Nursery0.5 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
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St Michael's CofE Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
-
Palmers Cross Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
-
Dovecotes Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
-
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
Other schools in Wolverhampton
Claregate Primary School ranks 31st 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 Hill 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Claregate Primary School teach?
- Claregate Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Wolverhampton.
- Who is the headteacher of Claregate Primary School?
- The headteacher of Claregate Primary School is Mr Lee Davis-Powell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Claregate Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Claregate 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 Claregate Primary School?
- Claregate Primary School has 390 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Claregate Primary School full?
- Claregate Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 390 on roll (93%), 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 Claregate Primary School a faith school?
- No. Claregate Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Claregate Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Claregate Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Claregate Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 60% in 2022/23 and 69% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Claregate Primary School rank locally?
- Claregate Primary School ranked 28th of 63 primary schools in Wolverhampton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Claregate Primary School's absence rate?
- Claregate Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Claregate Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Claregate 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.