Victoria Park Primary
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Victoria Park Primary is a primary school in Smethwick, Sandwell for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 December 2023. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Victoria Park 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
- Reception 2026 drew 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, 58% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Sandwell.
- With 604 pupils on roll in January 2026, there are 25.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.5 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Sandwell.
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
- Ballot Street, Smethwick, B66 3HH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 604 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 December 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils describe the school as their ‘second home’.”
- “They say it plays an important part in their everyday lives.”
- “They value the level of care and support they get from the staff.”
To improve
- “However, pupils say they would like more structured activities at breaktimes.”
- “However, some staff do not routinely check on pupils’ learning.”
- “This means that adults do not always identify misconceptions and spot gaps in pupils’ learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 January 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) | 58% | 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 Matthew's CofE Primary School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Philip's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Cape Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Crocketts Community Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Shireland Technology Primary 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Shireland Hall Primary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Galton Valley Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published