School admissions in Sandwell

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 44 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. 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

86 schools. 18 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Grace Mary Primary SchoolOldbury	1.43	28
Crocketts Community Primary SchoolSmethwick	1.40	60
Grove Vale Primary SchoolBirmingham	1.37	60
Timbertree AcademyCradley Heath	1.37	30
Old Park Primary SchoolWednesbury	1.33	60
Oakham Primary SchoolOldbury	1.27	60
St John Bosco Catholic Primary SchoolWest Bromwich	1.27	30
Hargate Primary SchoolWest Bromwich	1.22	59
Devonshire Infant AcademySmethwick	1.20	89
Shireland Technology PrimarySmethwick	1.20	60
Lightwoods Primary AcademyOldbury, Sandwell	1.17	59
Ocker Hill Infant SchoolTipton	1.17	60
Blackheath Primary SchoolRowley Regis	1.12	60
Corngreaves AcademyCradley Heath	1.10	30
St Gregory's Catholic Primary SchoolSmethwick	1.10	30
Hall Green Primary SchoolWest Bromwich	1.07	60
St James CofE Primary SchoolOldbury	1.03	60
St Matthew's CofE Primary SchoolSmethwick	1.02	60
Hamstead Primary SchoolBirmingham	1.00	38
Hanbury Primary SchoolWest Bromwich	1.00	54
Holyhead Primary AcademyWednesbury	1.00	29
Joseph Turner Primary SchoolTipton	1.00	34
Moorlands Primary SchoolWest Bromwich	1.00	24
Perryfields Primary SchoolOldbury	1.00	27
St Pauls Church of England AcademyTipton	1.00	20
The Priory Primary SchoolWednesbury	1.00	60
Silvertrees AcademyTipton	0.99	84
Summerhill Primary AcademyTipton	0.99	77
Rowley Hall Primary SchoolRowley Regis	0.98	63
Causeway Green Primary SchoolOldbury	0.98	60
Eaton Valley Primary SchoolWest Bromwich	0.98	60
Great Bridge Primary SchoolTipton	0.98	52
Lyng Primary SchoolWest Bromwich	0.98	52
Bearwood Primary SchoolSmethwick	0.98	48
Moat Farm Infant SchoolOldbury	0.97	113
Lodge Primary SchoolWest Bromwich	0.97	35
Glebefields Primary SchoolTipton	0.96	27
Old Hill Primary SchoolCradley Heath	0.96	27
Ryders Green Primary SchoolWest Bromwich	0.96	54
Tividale Community Primary SchoolOldbury	0.96	54
Langley Primary SchoolOldbury	0.96	52
St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary SchoolOldbury	0.96	23
Yew Tree Primary SchoolWalsall	0.96	69
Sacred Heart Primary SchoolTipton	0.95	42
St Martin's CofE Primary SchoolTipton	0.95	21
Hateley Heath AcademyWest Bromwich	0.95	38
Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolWest Bromwich	0.95	57
Jubilee Park AcademyTipton	0.95	19
Rounds Green Primary SchoolOldbury	0.95	37
Abbey Infant SchoolSmethwick	0.94	69
St John's Church of England Primary AcademyWednesbury	0.94	17
Burnt Tree Primary SchoolOldbury	0.94	50
Wednesbury Oak AcademyTipton	0.94	48
Cape Primary SchoolSmethwick	0.94	31
Brandhall Primary SchoolOldbury	0.93	46
Mesty Croft PrimaryWednesbury	0.93	46
Annie Lennard Primary SchoolSmethwick	0.93	29
Rood End Primary SchoolOldbury	0.93	42
Park Hill Primary SchoolWednesbury	0.93	27
Temple Meadow Primary SchoolCradley Heath	0.92	53
Harvills Hawthorn Primary SchoolWest Bromwich	0.92	52
Reddal Hill Primary SchoolCradley Heath	0.92	52
King George V Primary SchoolWest Bromwich	0.92	24
Tameside Primary AcademyWednesbury	0.92	36
Our Lady and St Hubert's Catholic Primary SchoolOldbury	0.92	59
All Saints CofE Primary SchoolWest Bromwich	0.91	58
Pennyhill Primary SchoolWest Bromwich	0.91	56
St Margaret's CofE Primary SchoolBirmingham	0.90	30
Tividale Hall Primary SchoolOldbury	0.90	40
Galton Valley Primary SchoolSmethwick	0.90	59
Victoria Park PrimarySmethwick	0.90	59
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolWednesbury	0.90	29
Shireland Hall Primary AcademySmethwick	0.89	82
Newtown Primary SchoolWest Bromwich	0.89	18
Brickhouse Primary SchoolRowley Regis	0.88	24
St Mary Magdalene CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolWest Bromwich	0.88	24
Springfield Primary SchoolRowley Regis	0.87	46
St Philip's Catholic Primary SchoolSmethwick	0.87	15
Bleakhouse Primary SchoolOldbury	0.86	49
Whitecrest Primary SchoolBirmingham	0.86	28
Albert Pritchard Infant SchoolWednesbury	0.85	46
Uplands Manor Primary School and NurserySmethwick	0.84	77
Ferndale Primary SchoolBirmingham	0.83	60
Highfields Primary SchoolRowley Regis	0.83	46
Holy Name Catholic Primary SchoolBirmingham	0.81	26
George Betts Primary AcademySmethwick	0.65	40

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

22 schools. 7 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Sandwell AcademyWest Bromwich	1.63	197
St Michael's Church of England High SchoolRowley Regis	1.39	234
Shireland Collegiate AcademySmethwick	1.36	244
West Bromwich Collegiate AcademyWest Bromwich	1.36	151
Bristnall Hall AcademyOldbury	1.32	188
Q3 Academy LangleyOldbury	1.18	292
Wood Green AcademyWednesbury	1.02	256
Wodensborough Ormiston AcademyWednesbury	0.96	210
Q3 Academy Great BarrBirmingham	0.93	199
Q3 Academy TiptonTipton	0.92	294
Gospel Oak SchoolTipton	0.89	160
Ormiston Sandwell Community AcademyOldbury	0.84	227
Stuart Bathurst Catholic High SchoolWednesbury	0.84	110
Ormiston Forge AcademyCradley Heath	0.82	265
Shireland CBSO AcademyWest Bromwich	0.81	140
The Phoenix CollegiateWest Bromwich	0.78	188
Windsor Olympus AcademyBirmingham	0.72	179
George Salter AcademyWest Bromwich	0.70	218
Shireland Biomedical UtcWest Bromwich	0.65	103
Holly Lodge High School College of ScienceSmethwick	0.59	241
Perryfields AcademyOldbury	0.57	101
Oldbury AcademyOldbury	0.49	169