Temple Meadow Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 3–11 · Cradley Heath, 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 🔒
Temple Meadow Primary School is a primary school in Cradley Heath, Sandwell for ages 3–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 11 May 2023. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Temple Meadow 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
- 41% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Sandwell.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 49 first-choice applications for 53 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every Reception applicant in 2026 was offered a place, as at 63 of the 86 other Sandwell primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- 37.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 38.8% 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
- Wrights Lane, Cradley Heath, B64 6RH
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 418 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 11 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils have a rich and varied set of experiences at Temple Meadow.”
- “From dance and performance in a purpose-built studio to gardening projects and working with artists, there are plenty of memorable activities.”
- “This very distinctive feature of the school helps pupils to enjoy attending each day and be enthusiastic about learning.”
To improve
- “In some other subjects, the curriculum and assessment are not as well organised.”
- “There is more work to do to firmly embed practice across the school, but everyone is on the right track.”
- “While the curriculum clearly has distinctive strengths, in some subjects, there is room for further improvement.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 September 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) | 41% | 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: 49 first-preference applications, 53 offers in total, 49 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.
- Old Hill Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Reddal Hill Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Highfields Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Corngreaves Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Timbertree Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Brickhouse Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Blackheath Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Springfield Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published