George Betts Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · 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 🔒
George Betts Primary Academy is a primary school in Smethwick, Sandwell for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 17 July 2024. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
George Betts Primary Academy 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 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 26 first-choice applications for 40 offers: 0.7 first choices per offer, the lowest of 86 Sandwell primary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a place for Reception in 2026, and 14 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 80% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 19% 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
- West End Avenue, Smethwick, B66 1RE
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 383 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Inspected 17 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at George Betts Primary Academy thrive as this is a school which puts considerable thought into the curriculum and the wider opportunities that pupils benefit from.”
- “As a group of pupils, typical of many, said to the inspector, ‘In our diverse school we have many opportunities for every child and caring teachers who want all pupils to succeed.”
- “Due to all this, pupils achieve exceptionally well and are very happy.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 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) | 80% | 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: 26 first-preference applications, 40 offers in total, 26 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.
- Rood End Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lyng Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Christ Church Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Devonshire Infant Academy 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Devonshire Junior Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good
- Langley Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published