Oakham Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Oldbury, Sandwell
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.661 miles
Published by Sandwell Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Oakham Primary School is a primary school in Oldbury, Sandwell for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 26 November 2024. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Oakham 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 | 0.661 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 drew 76 first-choice applications for 60 offers: 1.3 first choices per offer, the 6th highest of 86 Sandwell primary schools.
- In 2026, 58 Reception offers went to first-choice families and 18 first-choice families (24%) were not offered a place.
- Reception 2026's last distance offered, 0.661 miles, was the 8th longest of 22 Sandwell primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 0.55 miles).
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Darbys Hill Road, Tividale, Oldbury, B69 1SG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 466 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 26 November 2024
Strengths
- “Everyone is made to feel welcome at Oakham Primary School.”
- “The school’s motto of ‘succeeding together’ is evident to see throughout.”
- “Staff build strong relationships with pupils and actively celebrate their achievements and successes.”
To improve
- “However, in some lessons, teachers do not provide enough opportunities for pupils to develop their reasoning or problem-solving skills.”
- “As a result, some pupils are not as secure in their mathematical knowledge as they should be.”
- “However, this information is not always used effectively to adapt lessons or close gaps in pupils’ knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 January 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) | 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: 76 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 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.
- Grace Mary Primary School 0.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Tividale Hall Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Tividale Community Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Burnt Tree Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rounds Green Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rowley Hall Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Springfield Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St James CofE Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published