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Christ Church CofE Primary School

URN
103997
Phase
Primary
Status
Closed

School overview

School name
Christ Church CofE Primary School
URN
103997
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
3-11
Status
Closed

School Compass Score

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School Compass recommendation

Recommendations are not currently available.

Admissions strategy

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
12 February 2025
Inspection date
19 November 2024
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
SM
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Inadequate

    Graded 12 February 2025

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Requires improvement

    Graded 12 February 2025

  • Personal development

Admissions

Moderate pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Reception in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

56

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

69

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

56

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.23×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Sandwell
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Sandwell)
Application deadline
15 January 2027 (on-time deadline for primary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.christchurchsandwell.co.uk/

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Sandwell to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

67.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

67.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

65.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

54.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

B69 4DE - Albert Street, Oldbury, West Midlands

Contact details

Address
Albert Street, Oldbury, West Midlands
Postcode
B69 4DE
Phone
-
Website
www.christchurchsandwell.co.uk/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Sandwell
Local authority code
333

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 271 schools in Sandwell.

Authority statistics

Total schools

271

Open schools

135

Closed schools

136

Primary schools

177

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Requires improvement

    Graded 12 February 2025

  • Leadership and management

    Inadequate

    Graded 12 February 2025

  • Early years

    Requires improvement

    Graded 12 February 2025

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 2 inspections on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    12 February 202519 November 2024S5 InspectionInspectionView report for inspection published 12 February 2025
    26 November 202312 October 2023-School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 NextView report for inspection published 26 November 2023
    • Inspection

      Published
      12 February 2025
      Inspected
      19 November 2024
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report
    • School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next

      Published
      26 November 2023
      Inspected
      12 October 2023
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    81.2%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 53

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    47

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary177 (66.0%)
    • Secondary47 (17.5%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other44 (16.4%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Christ Church Church of England Primary School16 mPrimaryOpen
    St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School125 mPrimaryOpen
    St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School125 mPrimaryClosed
    West Bromwich Collegiate Academy893 mSecondaryOpen
    Rounds Green Primary School941 mPrimaryOpen
    Rounds Green Junior School941 mPrimaryClosed
    Rounds Green Infant School941 mPrimaryClosed
    Rounds Green Primary School941 mPrimaryClosed
    Lyng Primary School1.2 kmPrimaryOpen
    George Betts Primary Academy1.3 kmPrimaryOpen
    • Christ Church Church of England Primary School
      Distance
      16 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School
      Distance
      125 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School
      Distance
      125 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • West Bromwich Collegiate Academy
      Distance
      893 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open

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    Same phase (Primary) and local authority (Sandwell)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Abbey Infant SchoolPrimaryB67 5LROpen
    Abbey Junior SchoolPrimaryB67 5LTOpen
    Albert Pritchard Infant SchoolPrimaryWS10 9QGOpen
    Albion Junior SchoolPrimaryB66 1BAClosed
    All Saints CofE Primary SchoolPrimaryB71 1QNOpen
    • Abbey Infant School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      B67 5LR
      Status
      Open
    • Abbey Junior School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      B67 5LT
      Status
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    • Albert Pritchard Infant School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      WS10 9QG
      Status
      Open
    • Albion Junior School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      B66 1BA
      Status
      Closed
    • All Saints CofE Primary School
  • Rounds Green Primary School
    Distance
    941 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Rounds Green Junior School
    Distance
    941 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Rounds Green Infant School
    Distance
    941 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Rounds Green Primary School
    Distance
    941 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Lyng Primary School
    Distance
    1.2 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • George Betts Primary Academy
    Distance
    1.3 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    B71 1QN
    Status
    Open