Park Hill Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 3–11 · Wednesbury, Sandwell
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Sandwell Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Park Hill Primary School is a primary school in Wednesbury, Sandwell for ages 3–11 (foundation school). Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Park Hill 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, though places ran out in 2024 and 2025, and the last distance swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026, there were 25 first-choice applications for 27 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 29% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 42.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Sandwell.
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
- Coronation Road, Wednesbury, WS10 0TJ
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 231 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 27 January 2026
Strengths
- “At Park Hill, pupils are welcomed warmly by caring staff each morning.”
- “Pupils live the school’s 'REACH values' - respect, empathy, ambition, cooperation and health.”
- “Pupils are keen to attend and learn.”
To improve
- “Pupils sometimes do not achieve well.”
- “Despite this, pupils do not have consistent opportunities to write across the curriculum to deepen and apply their knowledge.”
- “However, this is not as consistent as it could be.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 March 2026 (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) | 53% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 25 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.
- Tameside Primary Academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Mesty Croft Primary 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Priory Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Albert Pritchard Infant School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Wood Green Junior School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hall Green Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published