Devonshire Infant Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–7 · Smethwick, Sandwell
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.356 miles
Published by Sandwell Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Devonshire Infant Academy is a primary school in Smethwick, Sandwell for ages 3–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 February 2025. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Devonshire Infant 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 | 0.356 mi |
| 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
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.356 miles away, the 5th shortest of the 22 Sandwell primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 distance was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2024, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 107 first-choice applications for 89 offers; 87 went to first-choice families, and 20 first-choice families (19%) were not offered a place.
- 20.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 40.7% 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
- Auckland Road, Smethwick, B67 7AT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 346 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be a part of this inclusive school, which is rooted in the heart of a culturally diverse community.”
- “The school supports local food banks and raises money for charity.”
- “These experiences help pupils to become active, respectful and responsible citizens.”
To improve
- “However, pupils who grasp concepts and learning quickly are not always given further opportunities to enhance their learning.”
- “However, this is still in the early stages of implementation.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 107 first-preference applications, 89 offers in total, 87 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.
- Devonshire Junior Academy 0.0 mi School remains Good
- Crocketts Community Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Galton Valley Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Annie Lennard Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rood End Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- George Betts Primary Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Victoria Park Primary 0.8 mi Good Last distance published