St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Oldbury, 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 Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Oldbury, Sandwell for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 October 2024. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School 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 Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 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.
- Ofsted's latest outcome is Not judged (1 October 2024); the previous graded outcome was Requires improvement (22 March 2022).
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% 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
- McKean Road, Oldbury, B69 4BA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 188 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils really enjoy their learning at St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School, and their attendance is high.”
- “Staff care for them very well and help them with their mental and physical health.”
- “Pupils know who to turn to if they have a problem.”
To improve
- “However, pupils who understand the work quickly are sometimes not given every opportunity to deepen their knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 November 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) | 71% | 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 Sandwell.
- Christ Church Church of England Primary School 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rounds Green Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lyng Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- George Betts Primary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Rood End Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Langley Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hanbury Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Lodge Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published