Bilston Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Bilston, Wolverhampton·WV14 0HU
Composite score
54.2
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#5,743
National rank
#557
In West Midlands
#31
In Wolverhampton
Top 39%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
69%
% achieving higher RWM
8%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
82 first choices, 87 places
First choices per place
0.94
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
130
any preference, for 87 places
Last place offered lived
0.30 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 479 m
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.35
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0320231.1020241.2920250.942026

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

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it. In 2026 the school was not oversubscribed, so no distance limit applied.

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

School profile

Age range
5–11
Pupils on roll
460
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
51.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
27.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,181
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Bilston Church of England Primary School at a glance

Located in Bilston, Wolverhampton, Bilston Church of England 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 460 pupils aged 5 to 11. 69% 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 25.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 39% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 8% 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 Bilston Church of England Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 87 Reception places. In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.30 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 4.6%. There are about 20.4 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 52% 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. Bilston Church of England 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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