Schools in Wednesbury
Wednesbury has 23 schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell in the West Midlands, including 16 primaries and 4 secondaries. Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council co-ordinates admissions for community schools; the authority uses a combination of catchment areas and distance as oversubscription criteria, prioritising children living within a school's defined catchment first.
The Wednesbury area borders Walsall and West Bromwich, and a number of schools here serve mixed urban populations with high levels of pupil mobility. Sandwell's secondary provision includes both community academies and faith schools, each applying their own supplementary criteria - families should request the school's individual admissions policy directly or consult the council's annual admissions booklet.
School demand in Wednesbury
Across the 21 schools in Wednesbury with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 98%. 9 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
5 schools in Wednesbury have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
11 of the schools in Wednesbury are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Sandwell, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
14 of the schools in Wednesbury have a current Ofsted rating, of which 13 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Wednesbury: 8 oversubscribed (16)
Albert Pritchard Infant School
Primary · Foundation school
Wednesbury · WS10 9QG
Old Park Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Wednesbury · WS10 9LX
Park Hill Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Wednesbury · WS10 0TJ
Wood Green Junior School
Primary · Foundation school
Wednesbury · WS10 9BW
Pinfold Street Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wednesbury · WS10 8PU
Salisbury Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wednesbury · WS10 8BQ
Kings Hill Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wednesbury · WS10 9JG
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Darlaston
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Wednesbury · WS10 8HN
The Priory Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wednesbury · WS10 0JG
Mesty Croft Primary
Primary · Academy converter
Wednesbury · WS10 0QY
Woods Bank Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Wednesbury · WS10 8NQ
St John's Church of England Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Wednesbury · WS10 9AR
Holyhead Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Wednesbury · WS10 7PZ
Tameside Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Wednesbury · WS10 0EZ
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Wednesbury · WS10 9PN
Old Church Church of England C Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Wednesbury · WS10 8DL
Secondary Schools in Wednesbury (4)
Grace Academy Darlaston
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Wednesbury · WS10 8QJ
Wood Green Academy
Secondary · Academy converter
Wednesbury · WS10 9QU
Wodensborough Ormiston Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Wednesbury · WS10 0DR
Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Wednesbury · WS10 9QS
Other Schools in Wednesbury (3)
Rowley View Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school
Wednesbury · WS10 7RU
High Point Academy
Not applicable · Free schools special
Wednesbury · WS10 0JS
Elm Tree Primary Academy
Not applicable · Free schools special
Wednesbury · WS10 0TB
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Wednesbury are set by Sandwell and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.