Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Sandwell
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 20 January 2026Report card · 5 Strong standard, 2 Expected standard
- 10 November 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry99 applications · 60 places offered · 60 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.7; Sandwell median median 1.9
- 2025 1.4; Sandwell median median 1.7
- 2024 1.4; Sandwell median median 1.7
- 2023 1.3; Sandwell median median 1.7
- 2022 1.6; Sandwell median median 1.6
- 2021 1.4; Sandwell median median 1.6
- 2020 1.3; Sandwell median median 1.7
- 2019 1.2; Sandwell median median 1.6
- 2018 1.3; Sandwell median median 1.6
- 2017 1.1; Sandwell median median 1.7
- 2016 1.4; Sandwell median median 1.7
- 2015 1.7; Sandwell median median 1.6
- 2014 1.7; Sandwell median median 1.6
- This school
- Sandwell median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 60 | 99 | 1.7 | 60 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 46 | 65 | 1.4 | 44 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 60 | 85 | 1.4 | 63 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2023 | 58 | 76 | 1.3 | 57 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2022 | 37 | 60 | 1.6 | 36 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 | 60 | 81 | 1.4 | 54 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2020 | 55 | 71 | 1.3 | 48 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2019 | 59 | 72 | 1.2 | 52 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2018 | 45 | 57 | 1.3 | 37 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2017 | 43 | 48 | 1.1 | 32 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2016 | 41 | 58 | 1.4 | 36 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2015 | 30 | 51 | 1.7 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2014 | 30 | 52 | 1.7 | 36 | 1.20 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 70% · Writing 73% · Maths 75% → all three 63% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Sandwell median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 63% | 10% | 102 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 66% | 7% | 103 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 48% | 5% | 101 | 102 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- The Priory Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.7applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · SandwellRemains Good20231.7applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · SandwellGood20232.0applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Sandwell20262.0applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Sandwell20261.8applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · SandwellGood20231.7applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Sandwell20261.8applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · SandwellGraded · no overall grade20252.7applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · WalsallRemains Outstanding20221.8applications per place
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 131212 · 333/2183
- Capacity
- 450 pupils · 458 on roll
- Free school meals
- 51.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 1997
- Address
- Dorsett Road, Friar Park, Wednesbury, WS10 0JG
- Local authority
- Sandwell
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources