Report card · inspected May 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected 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
- 12 May 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 30 March 2022Ungraded 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 entry93 applications · 60 places offered · 62 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.6; Sandwell median median 1.9
- 2025 1.5; Sandwell median median 1.7
- 2024 1.3; Sandwell median median 1.7
- 2023 1.6; Sandwell median median 1.7
- 2022 1.3; Sandwell median median 1.6
- 2021 1.4; Sandwell median median 1.6
- 2020 1.4; Sandwell median median 1.7
- 2019 1.4; Sandwell median median 1.6
- 2018 1.3; Sandwell median median 1.6
- 2017 1.1; Sandwell median median 1.7
- 2016 1.3; Sandwell median median 1.7
- 2015 1.3; Sandwell median median 1.6
- 2014 1.1; 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 | 93 | 1.6 | 62 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2025 | 46 | 68 | 1.5 | 43 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2024 | 60 | 79 | 1.3 | 59 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 60 | 93 | 1.6 | 67 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2022 | 60 | 80 | 1.3 | 63 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2021 | 55 | 74 | 1.4 | 52 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 86 | 1.4 | 59 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 60 | 86 | 1.4 | 61 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2018 | 47 | 63 | 1.3 | 45 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 | 43 | 49 | 1.1 | 37 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2016 | 54 | 69 | 1.3 | 44 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2015 | 45 | 57 | 1.3 | 41 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2014 | 57 | 63 | 1.1 | 50 | 0.88 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 64% · Writing 83% · Maths 72% → all three 59% 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 | 59% | 12% | 104 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 5% | 104 | 103 |
| 2022/23 | 55% | 5% | 103 | 104 |
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
- St James CofE Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.6applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · SandwellRequires improvement20241.7applications per place
- 1.1 km · SandwellRemains Good20221.9applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · SandwellStandards maintained20244.6applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · SandwellGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Sandwell20262.5applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · Sandwell20261.5applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · SandwellGraded · no overall grade20242.3applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · SandwellGood20241.6applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 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
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 131673 · 333/3006
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 500 pupils · 449 on roll
- Free school meals
- 48.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 1999
- Address
- Wolverley Crescent, Oldbury, B69 1BG
- Local authority
- Sandwell
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources