Castlecroft 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 🔒
Castlecroft Primary School is a primary school in Wolverhampton for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 10 July 2024. Wolverhampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Castlecroft 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
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as at 37 of the 38 other Wolverhampton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 25 first-choice applications for 26 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 12% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There were 20.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 23.2 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wolverhampton.
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
- Windmill Crescent, Castlecroft, Wolverhampton, WV3 8HS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Wolverhampton
- Pupils on roll
- 228 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 10 July 2024
Strengths
- “Castlecroft Primary School is an inclusive school.”
- “The motto ‘we are all different, we are all special’ reflects how the school values all its pupils.”
- “It is a welcoming place, and pupils are proud to attend.”
To improve
- “However, in a small minority of subjects, there are not enough planned opportunities for pupils to revisit and recap their learning.”
- “As a result, some pupils struggle to remember what they have learned previously and have gaps in their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 September 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) | 67% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 25 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.
- Westacre Infant School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Uplands Junior School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Michael's Catholic Primary Academy and Nursery 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Christ Church (Church of England) Infant and Nursery School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Christ Church (Church of England) Junior School 1.1 mi Not judged
- Warstones Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Springdale Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodthorne Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published