Causeway Green Primary School

Community school·Primary school Oldbury, Sandwell·B68 8LX
Composite score
40.0
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#10,892
National rank
#1181
In West Midlands
#64
In Sandwell
Top 74%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
58%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 06/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
59 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
0.98
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
90
any preference, for 60 places
Applications from another council area
9%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9420220.9820230.9120240.8820250.982026

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

Every child who put Causeway Green 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
430
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
29.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
32.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,283
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Causeway Green Primary School at a glance

Located in Oldbury, Sandwell, Causeway Green Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 430 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' when it was last inspected in January 2026. 58% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 1.0 percentage points year on 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 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% 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 Causeway Green Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 60 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.0%. There are about 23.4 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Causeway Green Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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