School admissions in Oldbury
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Reception places, September 2026
16 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Grace Mary Primary School | 1.43 | 28 |
| Oakham Primary School | 1.27 | 60 |
| St James CofE Primary School | 1.03 | 60 |
| Perryfields Primary School | 1.00 | 27 |
| Causeway Green Primary School | 0.98 | 60 |
| Moat Farm Infant School | 0.97 | 113 |
| Tividale Community Primary School | 0.96 | 54 |
| Langley Primary School | 0.96 | 52 |
| St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School | 0.96 | 23 |
| Rounds Green Primary School | 0.95 | 37 |
| Burnt Tree Primary School | 0.94 | 50 |
| Brandhall Primary School | 0.93 | 46 |
| Rood End Primary School | 0.93 | 42 |
| Our Lady and St Hubert's Catholic Primary School | 0.92 | 59 |
| Tividale Hall Primary School | 0.90 | 40 |
| Bleakhouse Primary School | 0.86 | 49 |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.
Year 7 places, September 2026
5 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Bristnall Hall Academy | 1.32 | 188 |
| Q3 Academy Langley | 1.18 | 292 |
| Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy | 0.84 | 227 |
| Perryfields Academy | 0.57 | 101 |
| Oldbury Academy | 0.49 | 169 |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.