St Matthew's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Smethwick, Sandwell
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.228 miles
Published by Sandwell Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Matthew's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Smethwick, Sandwell for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Matthew's CofE 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 | 0.228 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
- In 2026 the last Reception child offered a place lived 0.228 miles away, the shortest of 22 Sandwell primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 61 first-choice applications for 60 offers: 59 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 71% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Sandwell.
- The school has 15.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.9 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
- Windmill Lane, Smethwick, B66 3LX
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 470 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 10 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at St Matthew’s feel proud to be part of their school.”
- “From the moment pupils enter the school grounds, walk past the school office and into their classrooms, they receive a warm welcome from all adults.”
- “Leaders and staff make sure that pupils feel safe and ready to learn.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, pupils, including some pupils with special educational needs/and or disabilities (SEND), do not consistently develop more detailed knowledge in some subjects as well as they could.”
- “Sometimes, however, the activities do not quite match what children already know, so their progress is not as rapid as it could be.”
- “While some interactions extend language well, some are less effective.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 April 2026 (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) | 71% | 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: 61 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.
- Victoria Park Primary 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Philip's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Cape Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Shireland Hall Primary Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shireland Technology Primary 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Crocketts Community Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Galton Valley Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery 0.9 mi Good Last distance published