St Mary Magdalene CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school West Bromwich, Sandwell·B71 1RP
Composite score
27.3
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#13,785
National rank
#1475
In West Midlands
#85
In Sandwell
Top 93%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
42%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
21 first choices, 24 places
First choices per place
0.88
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
58
any preference, for 24 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.09
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9720221.0720231.0720240.9620250.882026

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

Every child who put St Mary Magdalene CofE Voluntary Controlled 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
232
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
29.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
28.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,856
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Mary Magdalene CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School at a glance

Located in West Bromwich, Sandwell, St Mary Magdalene CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 232 pupils aged 3 to 11. 42% 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 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 102 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Mary Magdalene CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 24 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.5%. There are about 22.1 pupils per teacher. St Mary Magdalene CofE Voluntary Controlled 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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