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St Stephen's Church of England Primary School

Primary · Wolverhampton · WV10 0BB

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Expected 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: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Needs attentionPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 3 March 2026 · report published 10 May 2026

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At a glance

246 pupils · 117% of 210 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
65.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
50.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
URN
144251

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 33 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.10 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.292 miles, the only Reception round we hold for it. At its report-card inspection on 3 March 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.10 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 33 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 0.292 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.292 miles

measurement method not stated by the council.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
79%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school79%
Median of its 12 closest peers63%
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
Harris Primary Academy Peckham ParkLondon · 116 miles awayGood76%
George Dixon Primary SchoolBirmingham · 10 miles awayUrgent improvement26%
Christ Church CofE Controlled Primary School and NurseryBirmingham · 13 miles awayExpected standard63%
Paxton Academy Sports And ScienceThornton Heath · 119 miles awayGood87%
St. George's Primary School & St. George's Nursery School, Great YarmouthGreat Yarmouth · 161 miles awayGood30%
Accrington Woodnook Primary SchoolAccrington · 80 miles awayRequires improvement48%
St Wilfrid's RC Primary SchoolHulme · 61 miles awayGood92%
Salisbury Primary SchoolWednesbury · 4 miles awayGood67%
St Patrick's Catholic Primary AcademyWolverhampton · 1 miles awayGood63%
Kenton Bar Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 168 miles awayGood57%
St Augustine's Catholic AcademyStoke-on-Trent · 26 miles awayGood (2019)48%
Lift North OrmesbyMiddlesbrough · 142 miles awayGood63%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 31% (Wolverhampton 12%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 15% (Wolverhampton 19%, England 4%) · Any other White background 11% (Wolverhampton 6%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 10% (Wolverhampton 4%, England 2%) · White British 8% (Wolverhampton 34%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 8% (Wolverhampton 3%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 8% (Wolverhampton 3%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 2% (Wolverhampton 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Wolverhampton 6%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Wolverhampton 4%, England 5%) · other groups together 2%

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)
4.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.40 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
22.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.4 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 £54,667; 23.1% 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£7,260
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £465,000; in-year balance +£87,000

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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)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher27.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications24.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work16.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways26.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier24.9%62.3%
Social housing50.1%17.1%
Privately rented24.8%20.5%
Detached houses5.7%22.9%
Flats22.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms13.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van37.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010472 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£147,000151 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£120,000–£188,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (6)£253,000
Semi-detached (42)£200,000
Terraced (76)£140,000
Flat (27)£110,500

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

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
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
43an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
9an 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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