St Michael's Catholic Primary Academy and Nursery
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
St Michael's Catholic Primary Academy and Nursery is a primary school in Wolverhampton for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 20 November 2024. Wolverhampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Michael's Catholic Primary Academy and Nursery 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, 76% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 18% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as did 37 of the 38 other Wolverhampton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 22 first-choice applications for 23 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility is 32.4% of pupils, against a middle figure of 37.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wolverhampton.
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
- Telford Gardens, Merry Hill, Wolverhampton, WV3 7LE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Wolverhampton
- Pupils on roll
- 219 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 20 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy school life at St Michael’s Catholic Primary Academy and Nursery.”
- “They arrive at school on time and ready to learn each day.”
- “In lessons, they listen attentively and want to do their best.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils do not always get opportunities that enable them to learn key knowledge in the depth they should.”
- “However, at times, misconceptions are not always picked up and addressed quickly enough such as incorrect pronunciation of letter sounds.”
- “This means some pupils who have fallen behind in reading do not catch up to be fluent, confident readers quickly enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 December 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) | 76% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 22 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.
- Warstones Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Uplands Junior School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Westacre Infant School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Springdale Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Castlecroft Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woodfield Primary School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Bantock Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Merridale Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published