Old Park Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 3–11 · Wednesbury, Sandwell
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.431 miles
Published by Sandwell Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Old Park Primary School is a primary school in Wednesbury, Sandwell for ages 3–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 21 May 2024. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Old Park Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.431 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 had 80 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 60 offers went to first-choice families, and 20 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.431 miles away, the 8th shortest of 22 Sandwell primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance, and it swung sharply between some years.
- 38 of the 147 applications for Reception 2026 (26%) came from families living outside Sandwell; 13 offers went to them.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Sandwell schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Old Park Road, Wednesbury, WS10 9LX
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 471 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 21 May 2024
Strengths
- “Old Park is a special place to belong, with pupils being the best advocates for their school.”
- “They are courteous, kind and demonstrate extremely positive attitudes to learning.”
- “The values that underpin life at this school are understood by all and guide pupils to make the right decisions for the right reasons.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 68% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 80 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Sandwell.
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Wood Green Junior School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Albert Pritchard Infant School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Holyhead Primary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Mesty Croft Primary 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Park Hill Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Tameside Primary Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published