Galton Valley Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Smethwick, 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 🔒
Galton Valley Primary School is a primary school in Smethwick, Sandwell for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 18 June 2025. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Galton Valley 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 63 of the 86 other Sandwell primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in 1 of the 2 earlier years.
- Reception 2026 had 53 first-choice applications for 59 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Brasshouse Lane, Smethwick, B66 1BA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 456 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 18 June 2025
Strengths
- “The pupils of Galton Valley are friendly and polite.”
- “They feel happy and safe when they are there.”
- “The well-being of pupils and their families is a high priority for this caring school.”
To improve
- “However, there is some variability in how well staff check on what children have learned.”
- “This means that some children develop misconceptions, which leads to gaps in their learning.”
- “Some children are not consistently supported to move their knowledge, skills and understanding on.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 July 2025 (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: 53 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 53 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.
- St Philip's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Crocketts Community Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Devonshire Infant Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Devonshire Junior Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Victoria Park Primary 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Matthew's CofE Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- George Betts Primary Academy 1.1 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published