Palmers Cross Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Wolverhampton
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.267 miles
Published by City of Wolverhampton Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2023 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Palmers Cross Primary School is a primary school in Wolverhampton for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 3 July 2024. Wolverhampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2025 entry.
Palmers Cross 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 2025 | 1.267 mi |
| 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, 55% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 12% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2025, the last distance offered was 1.267 miles, the 4th longest of 17 Wolverhampton primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance (middle figure 0.71 miles).
- The 2025 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2023.
- Reception 2026 had 30 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families, so 3 first-choice families (10%) were not offered a place.
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
- Windermere Road, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, WV6 9DF
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Wolverhampton
- Pupils on roll
- 223 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 3 July 2024
Strengths
- “The positive ethos at Palmers Cross Primary School is evident in the welcoming smiles that greet everyone.”
- “The staff deeply care for the pupils, who thrive in this harmonious and diverse community.”
- “The school has consistently high expectations and is ambitious for all pupils.”
To improve
- “However, in some foundation subjects, the curriculum is not sufficiently precise or well sequenced.”
- “As a result, pupils struggle to build on their previous knowledge, impacting their understanding and readiness for future learning.”
- “However, occasionally there is some variation in how effectively pupils at the early stage of learning to read are supported.”
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) | 55% | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 27 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.
- Dovecotes Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Claregate Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Paul's Church of England Aided Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Michael's CofE Primary Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy & Nursery 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Rakegate Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodthorne Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published