Bilston Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–11 · Bilston, 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 🔒
Bilston Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Bilston, Wolverhampton for ages 5–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 17 July 2024. Wolverhampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Bilston Church of England 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% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Wolverhampton.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 37 of the 38 other Wolverhampton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 entry drew 82 first-choice applications for 87 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Reception places ran out in 2023 and 2025, and the last distance offered swung between those years.
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
- Albany Crescent, Bilston, WV14 0HU
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wolverhampton
- Pupils on roll
- 456 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 52% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 17 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils’ well-being and care are at the heart of Bilston Church of England Primary.”
- “Leaders have created a truly inclusive school.”
- “They have high ambitions for every pupil and want them to be the best they can be.”
To improve
- “This means that pupils have many barriers to learning such as speech and communication delays.”
- “However, in some foundation subjects, the curriculum is not as clear.”
- “Where this is the case, the key knowledge and skills pupils should know are not always clear to staff.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 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) | 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: 82 first-preference applications, 87 offers in total, 82 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.
- Stowlawn Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Villiers Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- East Park Academy 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Parkfield Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Loxdale Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lanesfield Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Field View Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published