Whitecrest Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Birmingham, Sandwell
Whitecrest Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham, Sandwell for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 17 June 2025. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Whitecrest, Great Barr, Birmingham, B43 6HQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 197 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 17 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending Whitecrest Primary School.”
- “The school does all it can to make sure pupils attend regularly and on time.”
- “Pupils value the school’s caring and respectful staff who are on hand to listen to and act on any worries or concerns they have.”
To improve
- “However, at times, in some aspects of the curriculum, the work teachers set for pupils does not enable them to apply new learning well enough.”
- “This slows the progress some pupils make through these aspects of the curriculum, particularly in writing.”
- “This means that pupils do not learn and remember some aspects of the curriculum as well as they could”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 July 2025 (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) | 74% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 24 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2024 to 2026, as Sandwell published it, drawn on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Earlier years of exam results
- Which schools pupils move on to or come from
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Sandwell.
- Holy Name Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Margaret's CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Ferndale Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Grove Vale Primary School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Hamstead Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Yew Tree Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Pennyhill Primary School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Priory Primary School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published