Temple Meadow Primary School

Foundation school·Primary school Cradley Heath, Sandwell·B64 6RH
Composite score
30.2
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#13,360
National rank
#1424
In West Midlands
#83
In Sandwell
Top 90%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
41%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
49 first choices, 53 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
84
any preference, for 53 places
Applications from another council area
10%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.02
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Temple Meadow Primary 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).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
419
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
41.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
20.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
28.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
25.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,465
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Temple Meadow Primary School is a primary school serving Cradley Heath, Sandwell, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. It has 419 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 41% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 10.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Temple Meadow Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 53 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 8.7%. There are about 25.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 42% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Temple Meadow Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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