Brandhall Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Oldbury, 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 🔒
Brandhall Primary School is a primary school in Oldbury, Sandwell for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 11 April 2024. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Brandhall 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
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 reading, writing and maths figure was the 3rd highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Sandwell that have results.
- Reception 2026 drew 43 first-choice applications for 46 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility is 36.9% of pupils, against a middle figure of 27.9% 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
- Brennand Road, Oldbury, B68 0SH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 431 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 11 April 2024
Strengths
- “Brandhall Primary School is a happy and friendly community.”
- “Pupils are warmly greeted to school each day by caring staff and Lolly the school dog.”
- “The school works closely with parents and carers.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, the sequence of learning is not as clear as it could be.”
- “This means that pupils do not build on previous learning as well as they could in these subjects.”
- “However, some pupils who struggle to read are not catching up as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 May 2024 (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) | 73% | 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: 43 first-preference applications, 46 offers in total, 43 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.
- Bleakhouse Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Perryfields Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lightwoods Primary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Moat Farm Infant School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Moat Farm Junior School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Our Lady and St Hubert's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Causeway Green Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Abbey Junior School 1.1 mi Standards maintained