Yew Tree Primary School

Community school · Primary school · Walsall, Sandwell
WS5 4DX
Composite score
40.7

Yew Tree Primary School at a glance

Located in Walsall, Sandwell, Yew Tree Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 647 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' when it was last inspected in January 2026. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 50% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 6.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on 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 103 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 45% 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. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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 further down the page.

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#10,707
National rank
#1159
In West Midlands
#63
In Sandwell
Top 72%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
50%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
Maths progress

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 27/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
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Curriculum and teaching
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Attendance and behaviour
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Personal development and wellbeing
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Inclusion
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Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Expected standard

School profile

Pupils on roll 647 % FSM ever-6 45.4% % EAL 16.5% Age range 3–11 Gender Mixed

Location

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