Albert Pritchard Infant School

Foundation school·Infant school Wednesbury, Sandwell·WS10 9QG

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Albert Pritchard Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 3–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

39 first choices, 46 places

First choices per place

0.85

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 46 places

Applications from another council area

12%

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.11

00.511.5

1 per place

0.8020220.8220230.8320240.9620250.852026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Albert Pritchard Infant School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 261
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

31.2%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

15.7%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

14.9%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

2.7%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

8.2%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

21.8%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

22.2

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,390

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Wood Green Junior School Wednesbury · 0.1 mi 47.2 St Mary's Catholic Primary School Wednesbury · 0.3 mi 33.8 Old Park Primary School Wednesbury · 0.4 mi 67.5 Mesty Croft Primary Wednesbury · 0.7 mi 35.7 St John's Church of England Primary Academy Wednesbury · 0.7 mi 62.6 Holyhead Primary Academy Wednesbury · 0.8 mi 50.7 Park Hill Primary School Wednesbury · 0.8 mi 46.1 Tameside Primary Academy Wednesbury · 0.9 mi 68.6

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

Albert Pritchard Infant School is a primary school serving Wednesbury, Sandwell, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. It has 261 pupils aged 3 to 7 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Albert Pritchard Infant School 'Good'.

Albert Pritchard Infant School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 39 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 8.2%. There are about 22.2 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.