Old Park Primary School

Foundation school·Primary school Wednesbury, Sandwell·WS10 9LX
Composite score
67.5
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#2,184
National rank
#184
In West Midlands
#7
In Sandwell
Top 15%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
68%
% achieving higher RWM
20%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
75%
80 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
1.33
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
147
any preference, for 60 places
Applications from another council area
26%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.13
00.511.52
1 per place
1.3520221.2320231.2720241.2020251.332026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Old Park Primary School yet. Sandwell does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
465
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
28.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
12.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
6.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,808
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Old Park Primary School is a primary school serving Wednesbury, Sandwell, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. It has 465 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Old Park Primary School 'Outstanding'. 68% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 6.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 15% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 20% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Old Park Primary School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 80 first choices for 60 places. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 23.6 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.

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