Abbey Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Smethwick, 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 🔒
Abbey Infant School is a primary school in Smethwick, Sandwell for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 March 2023. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Abbey Infant 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
- Every applicant to Abbey Infant School's Reception 2026 entry was offered a place, as was the case at 63 of the 86 other Sandwell primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 65 first-choice applications for 69 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 11.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 33.2% 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
- Maurice Road, Smethwick, B67 5LR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 280 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 March 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders are highly ambitious for all pupils at Abbey Infant School.”
- “They do all they can to make sure pupils attend school regularly and on time.”
- “As a result, pupils enjoy learning to read independently.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, there are some inconsistencies in the sequencing and content of the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 May 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 65 first-preference applications, 69 offers in total, 65 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.
- Abbey Junior School 0.1 mi Standards maintained
- St Gregory's Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Annie Lennard Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bearwood Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Lightwoods Primary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Bleakhouse Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Shireland Technology Primary 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published