Eaton Valley Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · West Bromwich, Sandwell
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.695 miles
Published by Sandwell Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Eaton Valley Primary School is a primary school in West Bromwich, Sandwell for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 February 2023. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Eaton Valley 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 | 3.695 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
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 3.695 miles away, the 2nd longest of 22 Sandwell primary schools with a published last distance.
- Last distances were published for Reception in 2024 and 2026, and the 2026 figure was further from the school than the 2024 one.
- Reception 2026 had 59 first-choice applications for 60 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 54% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Dagger Lane, West Bromwich, B71 4BU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 446 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 February 2023
Strengths
- “Eaton Valley Primary School is a happy, friendly place where pupils enjoy learning and finding out about the world around them.”
- “This is a school where every pupil is fully included in everything that the school has to offer.”
- “They know that the adults look after them.”
To improve
- “Pupils’ outcomes at the end of key stage 2 in 2022 were low.”
- “However, in some subjects, leaders’ clear vision is not yet fully embedded.”
- “In these subjects, teachers are not clear about why the curriculum is organised in the way it is.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 March 2023 (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) | 54% | 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: 59 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 59 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 Magdalene CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- All Saints CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Hargate Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- King George V Primary School 0.6 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Pennyhill Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John Bosco Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lodge Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hateley Heath Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published