Shireland Hall Primary Academy

About Shireland Hall Primary Academy

Shireland Hall Primary Academy sits within Sandwell, a local authority where ten out of 92 primary schools currently hold an Ofsted Outstanding rating. The school itself ranks 12th in the borough, placing it comfortably in the top 25% of primaries locally, with a Key Stage 2 expected standard score of 74. Its closest peers at the top of the Sandwell table are Grove Vale Primary School, Burnt Tree Primary School, and St Pauls Church of England Academy, all of which score higher on the same ranking metric. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is Shireland Technology Primary, just 0.7 km away, meaning families in this part of the West Midlands have a strong cluster of high-performing state options. Shireland Hall is a mixed, non-religious primary with nursery provision for children aged three to eleven, and it currently educates 662 pupils against a capacity of 708, so it is operating near full but not yet at its limit.

Academically, Shireland Hall performs well above the Sandwell average. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 74% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with a local authority average of 60%. The school’s average scores in reading and maths both sit at 106, and while the proportion reaching the higher standard in reading is 27% and in maths 34%, the combined higher standard across all three subjects drops to just 2%, suggesting that very few pupils achieve the top tier in all three simultaneously. Writing is a relative weak spot, with only 4% reaching the higher standard and 75% meeting the expected level. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection, a graded visit in 2016, rated overall effectiveness as Outstanding, and an ungraded inspection in 2022 confirmed that the school remains Outstanding. Leadership and management were also judged Outstanding, while early years provision was rated Good.

The school offers a broad range of facilities including an ICT suite, sports hall, gymnasium, sensory room, and even a chapel, which is unusual for a non-religious school. Sports provision covers tennis, netball, football, swimming, cricket and athletics, and there are clubs for drama, science, gardening, choir and film. SEND support is well-developed, with designated provision for moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication issues, hearing impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder. For the 2025/26 intake, the school was oversubscribed: 134 applications were received for 88 places, with 82 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.52. This suggests strong local demand, and families considering Shireland Hall should be prepared for a competitive admissions process, particularly if they live outside the immediate catchment area.

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