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Whitgreave Primary School

Primary · Wolverhampton · WV10 9JP

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Outstanding

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 25 January 2023

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At a glance

442 pupils · 103% of 431 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
65.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
16.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.whitgreaveprimary.co.uk
URN
104297

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 79 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 1.32 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.438 miles, the only Reception round we hold for it. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 25 January 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.32 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 79 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.438 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.438 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

59 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
81%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
22%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school81%
Median of its 12 closest peers58%
Wolverhampton average66.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Welholme AcademyGrimsby · 107 miles awayGood55%
Goldsmith Primary AcademyHarden · 6 miles awayStrong standard75%
Harewood Primary SchoolStockton-on-Tees · 138 miles awayGood67%
Hope Primary School - A Joint Catholic and Church of England Primary SchoolKnowsley · 64 miles awayGood64%
Park View AcademyLiverpool · 64 miles awayGood66%
Westminster Primary AcademyBlackpool · 93 miles awayNeeds attention60%
Edgar Stammers Primary AcademyWalsall · 6 miles awayNeeds attention50%
Maple Court AcademyStoke-on-Trent · 28 miles awayGood35%
Boundary Primary SchoolBlackpool · 92 miles awayGood56%
Ince CofE Primary SchoolWigan · 67 miles awayGood48%
Chivenor Primary SchoolBirmingham · 15 miles awayGood74%
Cleeve Primary SchoolHull · 110 miles awayNeeds attention52%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 44% (Wolverhampton 34%, England 60%) · Black African 13% (Wolverhampton 12%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 10% (Wolverhampton 6%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 7% (Wolverhampton 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 5% (Wolverhampton 6%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 5% (Wolverhampton 4%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Wolverhampton 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Wolverhampton 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Wolverhampton 3%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 2% (Wolverhampton 19%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Wolverhampton 4%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Wolverhampton 3%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Wolverhampton 1%, England 1%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Wolverhampton: 1.82 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 2% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

37% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £52,066; 32% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,954
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £842,185; in-year balance +£55,456

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher17.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications29.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work14.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways30.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier18%62.3%
Social housing75.5%17.1%
Privately rented6.2%20.5%
Detached houses5.3%22.9%
Flats5.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms6.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van39.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010483 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£210,000305 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£170,000–£255,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (55)£305,000
Semi-detached (174)£210,000
Terraced (63)£172,500
Flat (13)£130,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.70 km, 2026 entry): 107 sales, median £195,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
6an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
33an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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