Highfields Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Rowley Regis, Sandwell
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Sandwell Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Highfields Primary School is a primary school in Rowley Regis, Sandwell for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 20 March 2024. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Highfields Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026; 63 of the 86 other Sandwell primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome also did so.
- Reception 2026 had 38 first-choice applications for 46 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 8 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- 14 of the 96 applications (15%) for Reception 2026 came from families living outside Sandwell, and 9 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Sandwell schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Beeches Road, Rowley Regis, B65 0DA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 403 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 20 March 2024
Strengths
- “This is a highly inclusive, happy school.”
- “At the centre of everything is pupils’ learning and development and the whole child.”
- “Staff are passionate about providing the best for pupils.”
To improve
- “Levels of absence have been high in recent years.”
- “A significant number of pupils have missed more than 10% of their school time.”
- “This has had a positive impact on attendance this year but there are still too many pupils, including a number who are disadvantaged, who are missing too much school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 58% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 38 first-preference applications, 46 offers in total, 38 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Sandwell.
- Blackheath Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Temple Meadow Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Old Hill Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brickhouse Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Reddal Hill Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rowley Hall Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Timbertree Academy 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Causeway Green Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published