Nishkam Primary School Wolverhampton
Primary schoolNishkam Primary School Wolverhampton is a primary school in Wolverhampton, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 418 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Improved significantly, June 2025
Before that: Good (overall), February 2020
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 4 February 2020
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Improved significantly, 11 June 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 89% of pupils at Nishkam Primary School Wolverhampton met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 65% in Wolverhampton and 62% in England.
23% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Wolverhampton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 89% | 65% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 23% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 111 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Kingsley AcademySpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file240 m
- Merridale Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, May 2024470 m
- Progress Schools - WolverhamptonIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file510 m
- Bantock Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2022, before the school changed600 m
- Graiseley Primary SchoolPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), May 2024. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)730 m
- Park Lodge SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file790 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Wolverhampton
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).