Mesty Croft Primary
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Wednesbury, 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 🔒
Mesty Croft Primary is a primary school in Wednesbury, Sandwell for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 February 2023. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Mesty Croft Primary 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
- At 26.1 pupils per teacher, the school is above the middle figure of 20.1 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Sandwell.
- Reception 2026 drew 43 first-choice applications for 46 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 46% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Sandwell that have results.
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
- St Luke's Road, Wednesbury, WS10 0QY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 410 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 February 2023
Strengths
- “Mesty Croft is full of happy pupils and cheerful staff.”
- “Everyone is made to feel welcome at this friendly school.”
- “Leaders take staff and pupils’ mental health and well-being seriously.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, the curriculum is less effective.”
- “However, the number of pupils who are regularly absent is worrying.”
- “These pupils miss important lessons.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 March 2023 (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) | 46% | 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: 43 first-preference applications, 46 offers in total, 43 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.
- Tameside Primary Academy 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Park Hill Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Wood Green Junior School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Albert Pritchard Infant School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Moorlands Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- The Priory Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published