Report card · inspected Jul 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected 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
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Inspection history
- 7 July 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 17 July 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)
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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 entry89 applications · 30 places offered · 33 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 3.0; Sandwell median median 1.9
- 2025 2.7; Sandwell median median 1.7
- 2024 2.3; Sandwell median median 1.7
- 2023 2.5; Sandwell median median 1.7
- 2022 3.3; Sandwell median median 1.6
- 2021 2.7; Sandwell median median 1.6
- 2020 4.3; Sandwell median median 1.7
- 2019 2.6; Sandwell median median 1.6
- 2018 3.3; Sandwell median median 1.6
- 2017 2.9; Sandwell median median 1.7
- 2016 3.9; Sandwell median median 1.7
- 2015 4.5; Sandwell median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 4.1; Sandwell median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Sandwell median
Dashed bars: as St Gregory's Catholic Primary School (URN 104002), the previous school.
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 | 30 | 89 | 3.0 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2025 | 29 | 77 | 2.7 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 29 | 66 | 2.3 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 29 | 72 | 2.5 | 28 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 99 | 3.3 | 37 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2021 | 29 | 79 | 2.7 | 44 | 1.52 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 129 | 4.3 | 46 | 1.53 |
| Sep 2019 | 29 | 76 | 2.6 | 30 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 98 | 3.3 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2017 | 42 | 122 | 2.9 | 32 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2016 | 30 | 118 | 3.9 | 39 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 136 | 4.5 | 39 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 122 | 4.1 | 48 | 1.60 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 70% · Writing 90% · Maths 60% → all three 57% 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 | 57% | 10% | 105 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 57% | 2% | 103 | 100 |
| 2022/23 | 61% | 6% | 106 | 103 |
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 Gregory's Catholic Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20263.0applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 0.3 km · SandwellStandards maintained202574%met the SATs standard
- 0.3 km · SandwellRemains Good20232.3applications per place
- 0.4 km · SandwellRemains Good20232.1applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · SandwellGraded · no overall grade20242.6applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · SandwellGood20231.5applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Birmingham20262.6applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · SandwellOutstanding20232.4applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · SandwellGood20243.0applications per place 63%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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 141924 · 333/3405
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 230 on roll
- Free school meals
- 20.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2015
- Replaced
- St Gregory's Catholic Primary School (URN 104002)
- Address
- Park Road, Bearwood, Smethwick, B67 5HX
- Local authority
- Sandwell
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources