Edward the Elder Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Wolverhampton
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
0.418 miles
Published by City of Wolverhampton Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2023 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Edward the Elder Primary School is a primary school in Wolverhampton for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 12 February 2025. Wolverhampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2025 entry.
Edward the Elder 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 | 0.418 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The Reception 2025 last distance offered was 0.418 miles, the 5th shortest of 17 Wolverhampton primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance; the middle figure was 0.71 miles.
- For Reception 2026 there were 31 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (3%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 78% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- 78% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25, 2nd highest among this school and 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Wolverhampton that have results.
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
- Moathouse Lane East, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, WV11 3DB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Wolverhampton
- Pupils on roll
- 228 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 12 February 2025
Strengths
- “Edward the Elder is a school where everyone subscribes to the values of ‘partnership for achievement’.”
- “There is high ambition for all pupils.”
- “The school is highly visible in the local community, regularly involving parents and carers in pupils’ learning.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, staff’s subject knowledge is not as strong as in other areas of the curriculum.”
- “This makes it more difficult for them to show pupils what they expect high-quality work to look like.”
- “As a result, some pupils do not always produce work that is of a high standard in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 March 2025 (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) | 78% | 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: 31 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Wednesfield Technology Primary 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Thomas' Church of England Primary Academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Perry Hall Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wood End Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oak Meadow Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Long Knowle Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published