Crocketts Community Primary School, Smethwick
Crocketts Community Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 2 to 11 in Smethwick. It was rated Outstanding at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in September 2014. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in January 2025 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 3rd-highest of the 15 schools in Smethwick with published results, and 5,071st of 14,452 across England. For 2026 entry it had 1.4 first-choice applications for every place. It was full in 2025, at 101% of capacity.
- SATs results
- Above England average
- Ofsted
- Outstanding (2014)
- Demand
- Oversubscribed
- Attendance
- Better than England average
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Sandwell (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Crocketts Community Primary School in detail
Results
In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils at Crocketts Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 83% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 75% in Sandwell and 77% and 75% across England.
Results rose from 75% in reading and 72% in maths in 2024.
Getting a place at Crocketts Community Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 84 families put Crocketts Community Primary School as their first choice and 166 named it as one of their preferences, for 60 places offered. That is 1.4 first choices for every place. 24 families who put it first were not offered a place there.
Admissions history and your chances at Crocketts Community Primary School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Crocketts Community Primary School are Victoria Park Primary (0.4 miles, Good, 69% reading, 76% maths); Devonshire Infant Academy (0.4 miles, Outstanding); Devonshire Junior Academy (0.4 miles, Good, 78% reading, 81% maths); and Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery (0.5 miles, Good, 66% reading, 69% maths).
Crocketts Community Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.
Victoria Park PrimaryDevonshire Infant AcademyDevonshire Junior AcademyUplands Manor Primary School and Nursery
What parents say
49 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Crocketts Community Primary School (as of September 2025): 88% would recommend the school, 94% say their child is happy there and 78% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (98%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (78%).
Who goes there
60.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
The largest ethnic groups are Asian (61%), Black (17%) and Mixed (8%).
In 2026, 59 pupils (12.5%) received SEN support and 41 (8.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.
Crocketts Community Primary School has a resourced provision for physical disability: 12 places, 12 pupils on roll.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Smethwick Rolfe Street Rail Station, about 560 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Smethwick Council House (opposite), 240 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Crocketts Community Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
In August 2026, police recorded 466 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Sandwell (306), as is usual near a town centre.
Suspensions and exclusions
Crocketts Community Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Crocketts Community Primary School are Shireland Collegiate Academy (0.6 miles), Holly Lodge High School College of Science (0.8 miles) and Sandwell Academy (1.2 miles).
Shireland Collegiate AcademyHolly Lodge High School College of ScienceSandwell Academy
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from September 2014, 12 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted Insights
From Ofsted's January 2025 inspection report.
What This School Does Well
This school excels at making every child feel valued and supported, with particular strength in helping pupils with additional needs and disabilities access the same learning as their peers. The school builds children's confidence from age two through to age eleven, with outstanding behaviour and emotional wellbeing support. Parents love the school's warm, inclusive approach and ambitious expectations for all children.
Key Strengths
- Excellent support for pupils with SEND through robust systems, specialist training, and practical resources
- Outstanding behaviour and attitudes across school with pupils being respectful, kind and caring
- Exceptional early years provision with strong foundations in communication, language and independence
- Love of reading highly promoted with expert phonics teaching and diverse, high-quality texts
- Strong curriculum design in most subjects with clear knowledge progression, particularly in history and mathematics
Areas for Improvement
- English writing curriculum needs clearer identification of component knowledge and how it builds sequentially over time to support pupil learning
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective, with staff alert to changes in pupils' behaviour and timely support provided for those who need extra help.
Extracurricular Activities
Tennis, Crocketts band, after-school provision, book shop visits, author meetings, reading rewards programme
Crocketts Community Primary School is a highly inclusive and welcoming school that is ambitious for all pupils. The school has strong leadership, outstanding behaviour and personal development, and exceptional early years provision.
At a Glance
32.2%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
Resourced provision: Physical
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
49 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 75% to 80% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 72% to 83% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 70% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
28.0
Avg class size
29.8
Infant (KS1)
30.0
KS2
16
Total classes
2 classes with more than 30 pupils
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Crocketts Community Primary School
Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Crocketts Community Primary School.
- 4 Community Trust Victoria Park750m away · Not yet graded
- 4 Community Trust Uplands and Breakaway Club950m away · Not yet graded
Term dates
Crocketts Community Primary School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Sandwell. Training (INSET) days, when pupils are not in school, vary by school: check the school's own calendar.
2026 to 2027
- Autumn term: Tuesday 1 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026)
- Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027)
- Summer term: Monday 12 April to Wednesday 21 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027)
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Crocketts Community Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Crocketts Community Primary School is in Sandwell; for families living there:
Apply to Sandwell for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 45
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 6
- Children hurt
- 6
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 45 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 39 slight.
6 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot and 3 in a vehicle or otherwise.
8 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Sandwell is 26.5 (the median across 134 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
101%
Over capacity
421 pupils
420 places
1 pupil over capacity in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Smethwick
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Smethwick
Across Sandwell council
Places available
4,920
Applications
3,985
Got 1st preference
94.1%
Got preferred school
98.6%
All primary applications across Sandwell council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Oversubscribed
Inspection History(7)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
59
SEN Support
41
EHC Plans
21.2%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Crocketts Community Primary School has a resourced provision for physical disability: 12 places, 12 pupils on roll.
Source: GIAS, Department for Education.
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
472
Total Pupils
229
Boys
243
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
22
Teachers
21.5:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£50,044
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£5,888
Per pupil
£2781k
Total funding
£200k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
4.1%
Overall absence
6.3%
Persistent absence
363
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Crocketts Community Primary School
Questions parents ask about Crocketts Community Primary School
What are SATs results like at Crocketts Community Primary School?
Of the pupils at Crocketts Community Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 80% reached the expected standard in reading and 83% did so in maths.
What is Crocketts Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Crocketts Community Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in January 2025, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in September 2014, it was rated Outstanding.
What is the catchment area for Crocketts Community Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Crocketts Community Primary School is oversubscribed, Sandwell allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Crocketts Community Primary School?
Crocketts Community Primary School was full in 2025, at 100% of its capacity, so places are allocated on the oversubscription criteria.
How big are the classes at Crocketts Community Primary School?
Classes at Crocketts Community Primary School average 28 pupils (2025/26). 2 classes have more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.
How many pupils go to Crocketts Community Primary School?
Crocketts Community Primary School has around 472 pupils on roll. 32% are eligible for free school meals.
Does Crocketts Community Primary School have specialist SEN provision?
Crocketts Community Primary School has a resourced provision for physical disability: 12 places, 12 pupils on roll.
What is attendance like at Crocketts Community Primary School?
4.1% of sessions were missed at Crocketts Community Primary School in 2024/25. 6.3% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Crocketts Community Primary School?
Apply through Sandwell's coordinated admissions process, naming Crocketts Community Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does Crocketts Community Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists 2 out-of-school clubs within a kilometre of Crocketts Community Primary School: 4 Community Trust Victoria Park (750m away, registered, not yet graded) and 4 Community Trust Uplands and Breakaway Club (950m away, registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.
What are Crocketts Community Primary School's term dates?
Crocketts Community Primary School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Sandwell. In 2026 to 2027: Autumn term: Tuesday 1 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026); Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027); Summer term: Monday 12 April to Wednesday 21 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027).
How many road collisions happen near Crocketts Community Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 45 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 39 slight. 6 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot and 3 in a vehicle or otherwise. 8 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Sandwell is 26.5 (the median across 134 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Crocketts Community Primary School?
Crocketts Community Primary School is at Coopers Lane, Smethwick, West Midlands, B67 7DW.
Sources: Sandwell term dates; Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)