Holyhead Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Holyhead Primary Academy is a primary school in Wednesbury, Sandwell for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Holyhead 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out in both earlier years, and the last distance swung sharply from 2024 to 2025.
- Reception 2026 drew 29 first-choice applications for 29 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Of 57 Reception 2026 applications, 8 (14%) came from families living outside Sandwell, and 6 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% 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
- Holyhead Road, Wednesbury, WS10 7PZ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 261 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 21 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to belong to Holyhead Primary Academy and speak positively about the school's values of 'Excite, Explore and Excel'.”
- “They arrive each morning eager to learn and are greeted warmly by staff, who know them well.”
- “This consistent welcome helps pupils to feel safe, settled and valued.”
To improve
- “However, teaching does not consistently address errors in pupils' basic knowledge and skills, including reading, handwriting and spelling.”
- “As a result, some pupils develop inaccuracies in their knowledge and skills that persist and limit how securely they build new learning.”
- “Leaders are aware that further improvements are needed to increase the proportion of pupils achieving the higher standard, particularly in reading, and have appropriate plans in place to address this.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 June 2026 (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) | 60% | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 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.
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Old Park Primary School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Wood Green Junior School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Ocker Hill Academy 0.9 mi Good
- Ocker Hill Infant School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Albert Pritchard Infant School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Mesty Croft Primary 1.0 mi Good Last distance published