St John's Church of England Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
St John's Church of England Primary Academy is a primary school in Wednesbury, Sandwell for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 February 2023. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St John's Church of England 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
- For Reception in 2026, every applicant was offered a place at this school, as at 63 of the 86 other Sandwell primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- The 2026 Reception entry had 16 first-choice applications for 17 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 2nd highest 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
- Addison Terrace, Wednesbury, WS10 9AR
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 193 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 February 2023
Strengths
- “Staff and pupils give visitors a warm welcome at St John’s.”
- “There is a strong sense of pastoral care across the school, which reflects the school’s Christian values.”
- “Leaders teach pupils how to be responsible, caring citizens.”
To improve
- “However, leaders have not set out the learning or knowledge pupils should remember clearly enough in a few subjects, for example geography and history.”
- “This affects how well they have developed their subject areas.”
- “Therefore, there is variability in teachers’ subject knowledge across subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 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) | 73% | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 16 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.
- Mesty Croft Primary 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Holyhead Primary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wood Green Junior School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Tameside Primary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Old Park Primary School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Moorlands Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Albert Pritchard Infant School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published