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Abbey Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
Maurice Road, Smethwick B67 5LR · abbeyfederation.co.uk · 0121 429 1689
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2023
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Sandwell Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 280
- 10 over 270 places · 104%
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 12.8%
- First language not English
- 22.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Sandwell Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 65 families put the school first and 69 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 69 | 65 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 88 | 87 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 74 | 70 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 75 | 73 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 77 | 72 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – All applicants | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | All | |
| September 2024 | All | |
| Reception – Distance | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 0.67 mi1.07 km | |
The council gives N/A for the furthest distance: no distance was needed (the school was not over-subscribed).
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 14 March 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Abbey Infant School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 13 Mar 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective May 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jan 2012Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (53 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 53
- 18% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 72% who raised concerns
based on the 28% who had a child bullied