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St Paul's CofE First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–9 · Academy
School Lane, Coven, Wolverhampton WV9 5AD · stpaulsfirstcoven.co.uk · 01902 291124
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2024
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 139
- 79% of 176 places
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 10.1%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 25 families put the school first and 25 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 22 | 19 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 29 | 23 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 27 | 25 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 7 February 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for St Paul's CofE First School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 6 Feb 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2016
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124245), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Sept 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124245)
Oct 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124245)
What parents said
89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (18 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 89%
- Replies
- 18
- 13% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 89% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied