Graded inspection · Oct 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Sandwell
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry141 applications · 60 places offered · 72 named it first
- 2026 2.4; Sandwell median median 1.9
- 2025 2.0; Sandwell median median 1.7
- 2024 1.6; Sandwell median median 1.7
- 2023 1.7; Sandwell median median 1.7
- 2022 1.7; Sandwell median median 1.6
- 2021 1.9; Sandwell median median 1.6
- 2020 1.9; Sandwell median median 1.7
- 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 | 141 | 2.4 | 72 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2025 | 60 | 122 | 2.0 | 71 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2024 | 60 | 98 | 1.6 | 70 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2023 | 57 | 97 | 1.7 | 56 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2022 | 46 | 78 | 1.7 | 45 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 | 60 | 111 | 1.9 | 53 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2020 | 55 | 103 | 1.9 | 49 | 0.89 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 79% · Writing 82% · Maths 79% → all three 75% 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 | 75% | 18% | 109 | 110 |
| 2023/24 | ||||
| 2022/23 |
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
- Shireland Technology PrimaryThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20232.4applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Sandwell20261.9applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · SandwellGood20232.7applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · SandwellGood20232.1applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · SandwellRemains Good20232.1applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · SandwellGood20231.5applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · Sandwell20261.7applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · SandwellGraded · no overall grade20252.8applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · BirminghamRequires significant improvement 20262.2applications per place 26%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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 147191 · 333/2021
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 446 pupils · 440 on roll
- Free school meals
- 39.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 2 September 2019
- Address
- Waterloo Road, Smethwick, B66 4ND
- Local authority
- Sandwell
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources