Harvills Hawthorn Primary School
Wolseley Road, Hill Top, West Bromwich, B70 0NG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- Wednesday Learning Community Trust
- Headteacher
- Miss Joanne Sheen
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Tipton and Wednesbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 506
- Pupils on roll
- 452
- URN
- 131591
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01215571034
About this school
Harvills Hawthorn Primary School is a foundation primary school in West Bromwich. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 452 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Harvills Hawthorn 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 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- 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 | 62 | 59 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 58% | 51% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 2% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 69% | 77% |
| Expected standard in maths | 71% | 56% | 77% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 77% | 78% | 80% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 103.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 102.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | 0.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.10 | - | - |
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 Harvills Hawthorn 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 | 58% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 51% | 57.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 63% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 464 |
| 2023/24 | 459 |
| 2024/25 | 455 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Harvills Hawthorn Primary School compares
Harvills Hawthorn Primary School ranked 42nd of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% 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 | 63% | 5% | 30.4% | 452 | — |
| Great Bridge Primary School | 67% | 6.3% | 36.8% | 457 | 0.7 miles |
| Hateley Heath Academy | 57% | 6% | 38.9% | 418 | 0.7 miles |
| Ryders Green Primary School | 77% | 5.6% | 38.1% | 452 | 0.8 miles |
| St John Bosco Catholic Primary School | 83% | 4.4% | 28.6% | 244 | 0.9 miles |
| Ocker Hill Infant School | — | 5.2% | 29.2% | 221 | 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)
- 30.38%
- English as an additional language
- 41.3%
- Overall absence
- 4.96%
- Persistent absence
- 13.44%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Great Bridge Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Tipton
-
Hateley Heath Academy0.7 miles
Primary · West Bromwich
-
Ryders Green Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · West Bromwich
-
St John Bosco Catholic Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · West Bromwich
-
Ocker Hill Infant School1.0 miles
Primary · Tipton
Other schools in West Bromwich
Harvills Hawthorn Primary School ranks 7th of the 17 ranked primary schools in West Bromwich.
- All Saints CofE Primary School Primary
- Eaton Valley Primary School Primary
- Hall Green Primary School Primary
- Hanbury Primary School Primary
- Hargate Primary School Primary
- Hateley Heath Academy Primary
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School Primary
- King George V Primary School Primary
- Lodge Primary School Primary
- Lyng Primary School Primary
- Moorlands Primary School Primary
- Newtown Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Harvills Hawthorn Primary School teach?
- Harvills Hawthorn Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in West Bromwich.
- Who is the headteacher of Harvills Hawthorn Primary School?
- The headteacher of Harvills Hawthorn Primary School is Miss Joanne Sheen, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Harvills Hawthorn Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Harvills Hawthorn 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 Harvills Hawthorn Primary School?
- Harvills Hawthorn Primary School has 452 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Harvills Hawthorn Primary School full?
- Harvills Hawthorn Primary School has capacity for 506 pupils and 452 on roll (89%), 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 Harvills Hawthorn Primary School a faith school?
- No. Harvills Hawthorn Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Harvills Hawthorn Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Harvills Hawthorn Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Is Harvills Hawthorn Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Harvills Hawthorn 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 Harvills Hawthorn Primary 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 63% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Harvills Hawthorn Primary School compare with other schools in Sandwell?
- Harvills Hawthorn Primary School ranked 42nd of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% 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 Harvills Hawthorn Primary School's absence rate?
- Harvills Hawthorn Primary School's overall absence rate is 5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Harvills Hawthorn Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Harvills Hawthorn 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 30 June 2026.