Claregate Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Wolverhampton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From City of Wolverhampton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Claregate Primary School is a primary school in Wolverhampton for ages 3–11 (community school). Wolverhampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Claregate 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 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 31 first-choice applications for 36 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant was offered a place for Reception 2026, as at 37 of the 38 other Wolverhampton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Wolverhampton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Chester Avenue, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, WV6 9JU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Wolverhampton
- Pupils on roll
- 390 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 13 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending Claregate Primary School and are eager to learn.”
- “They are happy coming to school because it is welcoming and calm.”
- “Staff know pupils well and show genuine care.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils do not master basic skills, such as handwriting and spelling.”
- “In the early years, pupils learn phonics from the start, but some pupils struggle to develop this knowledge as teaching is not matched well enough to their needs.”
- “Achievement for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities is variable.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 May 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) | 69% | 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: 31 first-preference applications, 36 offers in total, 31 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 Wolverhampton.
- SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy & Nursery 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Michael's CofE Primary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Palmers Cross Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Dovecotes Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Paul's Church of England Aided Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rakegate Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bushbury Lane Academy 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published