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Holyhead Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Sponsored academy
Holyhead Road, Wednesbury WS10 7PZ · holyheadprimary.academy · 0121 556 0114
On the mapSearch near WS10 7PZ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Apr 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 60%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Sandwell 61%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Sandwell Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 261
- 17 over 244 places · 107%
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 45.2%
- First language not English
- 25.7%
- 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, 29 families put the school first and 29 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 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 29 | 35 | 1.2▲ | 80% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 38 | 1.3▲ | 76% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 29 | 25 | 0.9 | 92% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 90% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | 0.99 mi1.60 km | |
| September 2024 | 0.56 mi0.90 km | |
The council gives N/A for the furthest distance: no distance was needed (the school was not over-subscribed).
Results
In 2024/25, 60% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% the higher standard. Across Sandwell it was 61%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●60% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 103927)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Holyhead Primary Academy on 21 April 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 21 Apr 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 103927), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2016Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 103927)
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (16 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 16
- 7% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 44% who had a child bullied