Springdale Primary School
Primary · Wolverhampton · WV4 4NJ
Data updated
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 9 September 2026 · report published 30 September 2026
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406 pupils · 78% of 523 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 39.5% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 11.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 18.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 10.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 150083
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 39 families named it first for 39 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 9 September 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 5.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place39 places offered · 39 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Wolverhampton school admissions · the wider Wolverhampton authority
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
65 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
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
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.
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Special educational needs
Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.
- Speech, Language and Communication Needs
Provision type: Resourced provision.
- SEN unit
- 15 pupils on roll
- Resourced provision
- 17 of 28 places taken places may be available
Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 53% (Wolverhampton 34%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 11% (Wolverhampton 6%, England 2%) · Black African 9% (Wolverhampton 12%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 6% (Wolverhampton 19%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Wolverhampton 3%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 3% (Wolverhampton 4%, England 5%) · Any other White background 3% (Wolverhampton 6%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Wolverhampton 3%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Wolverhampton 4%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Wolverhampton 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Wolverhampton 2%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Wolverhampton 3%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Wolverhampton 0%, England 0%) · 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)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
1.83 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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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →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
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
84% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school · 5% 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)
25% of teachers took sickness absence, 11.8 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 £48,110; 21.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (77%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £5,000; in-year balance -£114,000
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 3/10more deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 24.1% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 20.1% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 21.6% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 22.6% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 42.5% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 63.3% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 21.7% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 14.6% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 6.2% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 11.1% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 7.4% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 21.6% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010491 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £250,000246 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £220,000–£295,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than most 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
- 1an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 3an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 11an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 1an 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