Lightwoods Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Oldbury, Sandwell, Sandwell
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.778 miles
Published by Sandwell Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lightwoods Primary Academy is a primary school in Oldbury, Sandwell, Sandwell for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 May 2024. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Lightwoods 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 | 0.778 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 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 0.778 miles, the 6th longest of the 22 Sandwell primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 0.55 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 69 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 57 offers went to first-choice families, and 12 first-choice families (17%) were not offered a place.
- 18.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 33.2% 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
- Castle Road East, Oldbury, Sandwell, B68 9BG
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 413 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 May 2024
Strengths
- “A calm, nurturing environment permeates throughout the school.”
- “Many pupils comment that they love their time here.”
- “Pupils are encouraged to explore the world around them and are excited to do so.”
To improve
- “However, in some other subjects, the school has not identified the precise things that should be assessed, or how to assess these.”
- “This means that, at times, teachers are unclear about precisely what to check.”
- “This leads to gaps in learning and misconceptions not always being addressed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 June 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) | 63% | 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: 69 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 57 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.
- Bleakhouse Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Brandhall Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Abbey Junior School 0.7 mi Standards maintained
- Abbey Infant School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Gregory's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Annie Lennard Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Perryfields Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bearwood Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published