Busill Jones Primary School

State-Funded School

busill-jones-primary-school-walsall-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

WalsallLocal Authority

Walsall and BloxwichConstituency

WS3 2QFPostcode

0.1

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Busill Jones Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Walsall, West Midlands.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 235 pupils. Busill Jones Primary School is part of SHINE ACADEMIES.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 14 Apr 2026 · published 20 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 37%
Higher standard: 7%
Reading score: 100
Maths score: 100

Ethnicity

White

69%

Asian

Black

14%

Mixed

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

235

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

47%

England average

27%

First language not English

11%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 235
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: SHINE ACADEMIES

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
29 Apr 2024	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
19 Jun 2018	Inadequate	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Inadequate

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.