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Best primary schools in Sandwell

84 of 94 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Sandwell schools · secondary schools

Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

71 of 94 rated Good or Outstanding
12 oversubscribed on first preference
10 Good or better and undersubscribed — the overlooked ones
Median Met expected standard (RWM): 62.5% (best 86.0%)

#	School	Met expected standard (RWM)	Ofsted	Places	Catchment
1	Timbertree Academy Cradley Heath	86.0%	Not judged	oversubscribed 1.37 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
2	Corngreaves Academy Cradley Heath	83.0%	Good	about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
3	Grove Vale Primary School Birmingham	83.0%	Outstanding improving	oversubscribed 1.37 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
4	St John Bosco Catholic Primary School West Bromwich	83.0%	Not judged	oversubscribed 1.27 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
5	Langley Primary School Oldbury	81.0%	Good improving	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
6	George Betts Primary Academy Smethwick hidden gem	80.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.65 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
7	Grace Mary Primary School Oldbury	80.0%	Outstanding improving	oversubscribed 1.43 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
8	Moat Farm Junior School Oldbury	78.0%	Good	—	approximate
9	Ocker Hill Academy Tipton	77.0%	Good	—	approximate
10	Ryders Green Primary School West Bromwich	77.0%	Good	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
11	Shireland Technology Primary Smethwick	75.0%	Outstanding	oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
12	Tameside Primary Academy Wednesbury	75.0%	Good	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
13	Abbey Junior School Smethwick	74.0%	Good	—	approximate
14	Whitecrest Primary School Birmingham	74.0%	Not judged	about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
15	Brandhall Primary School Oldbury	73.0%	Good	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
16	Springfield Primary School Rowley Regis hidden gem	73.0%	Good	about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
17	St John's Church of England Primary Academy Wednesbury	73.0%	Good	about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
18	Old Hill Primary School Cradley Heath	72.0%	Good	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
19	Devonshire Junior Academy Smethwick	71.0%	Good	—	approximate
20	Galton Valley Primary School Smethwick	71.0%	Good	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
21	St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School Oldbury	71.0%	Not judged	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
22	St Matthew's CofE Primary School Smethwick	71.0%	Good	about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
23	Joseph Turner Primary School Tipton	70.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
24	King George V Primary School West Bromwich	70.0%	Good	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
25	Shireland Hall Primary Academy Smethwick	69.0%	Outstanding	about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
26	St Pauls Church of England Academy Tipton	69.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
27	Oakham Primary School Oldbury	68.0%	Not judged improving	oversubscribed 1.27 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
28	Old Park Primary School Wednesbury	68.0%	Outstanding	oversubscribed 1.33 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
29	Great Bridge Primary School Tipton	67.0%	Good	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
30	Hamstead Primary School Birmingham	67.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
31	Jubilee Park Academy Tipton	67.0%	Good	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
32	Ferndale Primary School Birmingham hidden gem	66.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
33	Hargate Primary School West Bromwich	66.0%	Outstanding improving	oversubscribed 1.22 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
34	Wednesbury Oak Academy Tipton	66.0%	Good	about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
35	Crocketts Community Primary School Smethwick	65.0%	Not judged improving	oversubscribed 1.4 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
36	Bearwood Primary School Smethwick	64.0%	Good	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
37	Holy Trinity CofE Primary School West Bromwich	64.0%	Good improving	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
38	Blackheath Primary School Rowley Regis	63.0%	Good	about even 1.12 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
39	Harvills Hawthorn Primary School West Bromwich	63.0%	Not judged	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
40	Lightwoods Primary Academy Oldbury, Sandwell	63.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
41	Lyng Primary School West Bromwich	63.0%	Good improving	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
42	The Priory Primary School Wednesbury	63.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
43	All Saints CofE Primary School West Bromwich	62.0%	Good	about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
44	Annie Lennard Primary School Smethwick	62.0%	Not judged declining	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
45	Perryfields Primary School Oldbury	62.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
46	Tividale Community Primary School Oldbury	62.0%	Good declining	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
47	Lodge Primary School West Bromwich	61.0%	Good improving	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
48	Burnt Tree Primary School Oldbury	60.0%	Not judged improving	about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
49	Holyhead Primary Academy Wednesbury	60.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
50	Wood Green Junior School Wednesbury	60.0%	Good	—	approximate
51	Sacred Heart Primary School Tipton	59.0%	Good	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
52	St James CofE Primary School Oldbury	59.0%	Good	about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
53	Tividale Hall Primary School Oldbury	59.0%	Good	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
54	Causeway Green Primary School Oldbury	58.0%	Requires improvement	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
55	Highfields Primary School Rowley Regis hidden gem	58.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
56	Victoria Park Primary Smethwick	58.0%	Good	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
57	Hateley Heath Academy West Bromwich	57.0%	Good	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
58	St Gregory's Catholic Primary School Smethwick	57.0%	Outstanding	about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
59	Tipton Green Junior School Tipton	57.0%	Requires improvement	—	approximate
60	Moorlands Primary School West Bromwich	55.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
61	Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery Smethwick hidden gem	55.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
62	Eaton Valley Primary School West Bromwich	54.0%	Good improving	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
63	Hall Green Primary School West Bromwich	53.0%	Good	about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
64	Park Hill Primary School Wednesbury	53.0%	Requires improvement	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
65	Pennyhill Primary School West Bromwich	52.0%	Good	about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
66	St Martin's CofE Primary School Tipton	52.0%	Good	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
67	St Mary's Catholic Primary School Wednesbury	52.0%	Good	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
68	Rounds Green Primary School Oldbury	51.0%	Not judged	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
69	Hanbury Primary School West Bromwich	50.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
70	Our Lady and St Hubert's Catholic Primary School Oldbury	50.0%	Not judged	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
71	Rood End Primary School Oldbury	50.0%	Not judged declining	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
72	St Philip's Catholic Primary School Smethwick hidden gem	50.0%	Good	about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
73	Summerhill Primary Academy Tipton	50.0%	Good	about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
74	Yew Tree Primary School Walsall	50.0%	Good	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
75	Bleakhouse Primary School Oldbury hidden gem	48.0%	Good	about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
76	Newtown Primary School West Bromwich hidden gem	48.0%	Good	about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
77	St Margaret's CofE Primary School Birmingham	48.0%	Good	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
78	Brickhouse Primary School Rowley Regis hidden gem	47.0%	Good	about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
79	Cape Primary School Smethwick	47.0%	Good	about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
80	Glebefields Primary School Tipton	46.0%	Not judged declining	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
81	Mesty Croft Primary Wednesbury	46.0%	Good improving	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
82	Reddal Hill Primary School Cradley Heath	43.0%	Good	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
83	St Mary Magdalene CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School West Bromwich	42.0%	Not judged improving	about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
84	Temple Meadow Primary School Cradley Heath	41.0%	Good	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate

Also in Sandwell

10 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Sandwell, not a fairer one.

Abbey Infant School Ofsted: Good
Al Khair Primary School Ofsted: Good
Albert Pritchard Infant School Ofsted: Good hidden gem
Christ Church Church of England Primary School Ofsted: Not judged
Devonshire Infant Academy Ofsted: Not judged
Holy Name Catholic Primary School
Moat Farm Infant School Ofsted: Good
Ocker Hill Infant School Ofsted: Not judged
Rowley Hall Primary School Ofsted: Requires improvement
Silvertrees Academy Ofsted: Not judged

Applying in Sandwell

Knowing which school is best is only half of it — these are the deadlines that decide whether you can apply at all.

Secondary application deadline 2026-10-31 · 2027 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2027 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2026; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.
Primary (Reception) application deadline 2027-01-15 · 2027 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2027 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2027; apply via your home local authority.
Secondary National Offer Day 2027-03-01 · 2027 entry Secondary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — state school Year 7 place offers (1 March).
Primary National Offer Day 2027-04-16 · 2027 entry Primary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — Reception place offers (16 April).
Secondary application deadline 2027-10-31 · 2028 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2028 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2027; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.
Primary (Reception) application deadline 2028-01-15 · 2028 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2028 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2028; apply via your home local authority.

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