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St Jude's Church of England Primary Academy

Primary · Wolverhampton · WV6 0DT

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Strong standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 24 March 2026 · report published 18 May 2026

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At a glance

490 pupils · 117% of 420 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
47.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
31.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
6.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.stjudes.wolverhampton.sch.uk/
URN
140355

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 60 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.572 miles, the only Reception round we hold for it. At its report-card inspection on 24 March 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Strong standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 60 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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 0.572 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.572 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
78%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
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 school78%
Median of its 12 closest peers67.5%
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
Freshwaters Primary AcademyHarlow · 111 miles awayNo current grade62%
Calshot Primary SchoolBirmingham · 10 miles awayGood66%
Anns Grove Primary SchoolSheffield · 60 miles awayGood69%
Lady Royd Primary SchoolBradford · 85 miles awayNot yet graded75%
Southwark Primary SchoolNottingham · 49 miles awayGood60%
Greenfields Community Primary SchoolMaidstone · 148 miles awayGood (2019)63%
Holland Moor Primary SchoolSkelmersdale · 70 miles awayGood74%
Hall Green Junior SchoolBirmingham · 17 miles awayExpected standard75%
Kelvin Grove Community Primary SchoolGateshead · 165 miles awayExpected standard48%
Whitegate Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham · 46 miles awayGood66%
Olympic PrimaryWellingborough · 63 miles awayGood85%
Harris Primary Academy CroydonCroydon · 120 miles awayOutstanding79%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 16% (Wolverhampton 12%, England 5%) · Asian Pakistani 13% (Wolverhampton 4%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 12% (Wolverhampton 19%, England 4%) · White British 12% (Wolverhampton 34%, England 60%) · Any other Asian background 11% (Wolverhampton 4%, England 2%) · Any other White background 7% (Wolverhampton 6%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 7% (Wolverhampton 6%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 6% (Wolverhampton 3%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Wolverhampton 3%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 3% (Wolverhampton 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Wolverhampton 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Wolverhampton 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Wolverhampton 2%, England 3%) · other groups together 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)
4.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.41 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
25.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 15% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

45.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.9 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 £43,925; 14.3% 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 (2024-25)

This school£6,855
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 14% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £249,000; in-year balance -£59,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher39.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications21.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work30%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways23.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier50.5%62.3%
Social housing8.4%17.1%
Privately rented40.8%20.5%
Detached houses11.2%22.9%
Flats41.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms25.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van31.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010512 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£221,000271 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£145,500–£315,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (67)£395,000
Semi-detached (72)£240,000
Terraced (70)£193,500
Flat (62)£102,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.92 km, 2026 entry): 234 sales, median £220,000. 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
4an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
9an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
29an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
5an 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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