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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 7 February 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
- 15 September 2016Graded inspection: Good · as St Paul's CofE (C) First School, URN 124245
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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 entry47 applications · 25 places offered · 25 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.3; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2022 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2021 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2020 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.8; Staffordshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.3; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.0; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Staffordshire median
Dashed bars: as St Paul's CofE (C) First School (URN 124245), 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 | 25 | 47 | 1.9 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 22 | 31 | 1.4 | 19 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2024 | 29 | 38 | 1.3 | 23 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2023 | 17 | 33 | 1.9 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 27 | 39 | 1.4 | 25 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 | 19 | 37 | 2.0 | 18 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 | 29 | 44 | 1.5 | 27 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2019 * | 30 | 53 | 1.8 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2018 * | 30 | 49 | 1.6 | 26 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2017 * | 20 | 26 | 1.3 | 15 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 42 | 1.4 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2015 * | 28 | 29 | 1.0 | 23 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2014 * | 31 | 44 | 1.4 | 36 | 1.16 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Paul's CofE First SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20241.9applications per place
- 3.2 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20231.9applications per place
- 3.5 km · StaffordshireGood20231.4applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20231.7applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 3.7 km · Staffordshire20261.9applications per place 86%met the SATs standard
- 4.0 km · WolverhamptonGood20232.1applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 4.3 km · WolverhamptonGraded · no overall grade20252.1applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 4.5 km · WolverhamptonGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 31%met the SATs standard
- 4.7 km · WolverhamptonGood20231.9applications per place 33%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
- 147422 · 860/3046
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 176 pupils · 139 on roll
- Free school meals
- 10.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 October 2019
- Replaced
- St Paul's CofE (C) First School (URN 124245)
- Address
- School Lane, Coven, Wolverhampton, WV9 5AD
- Local authority
- Staffordshire · South Staffordshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources