Wood Green Junior School, Wednesbury

Ofsted's report card from its 24 February 2026 inspection grades Wood Green Junior School on 6 areas: 6 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils typically achieve well as they move through the school."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders' determined work to improve attendance continues to make a positive difference."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders know the quality of the curriculum and teaching well."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders identify pupils' needs promptly and use well‑structured systems to understand the barriers that may affect their learning."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "School leaders and those responsible for governance work together with clarity and purpose."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school's personal development programme provides pupils with a foundation for life in modern Britain."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that they continue to embed highly effective teaching of writing to secure key foundational knowledge, such as handwriting, so that the overall quality of writing improves and pupils are better prepared for the next stage of education"; "Leaders should continue to strengthen teachers' use of assessment to design learning activities that meet pupils' individual needs, provide appropriate challenge and enable pupils to progress as well as possible from their starting points"; "Leaders should continue to increase the precision of the targets set for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, so that the support staff offer is well matched to pupils' needs and enables them to achieve more highly".

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils at Wood Green Junior School reached the expected standard in reading and 74% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 75% in Sandwell and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 70% in reading and 71% in maths in 2024.

Across Sandwell, 94% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Sandwell lodged 79 appeals against primary school offers; 55 reached a hearing and 1 succeeded (1.8% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to Wood Green Junior School are Albert Pritchard Infant School (0.2 miles, Good); St Mary's Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles, 86% reading, 59% maths); Old Park Primary School (0.4 miles, Outstanding, 73% reading, 78% maths); and Mesty Croft Primary (0.6 miles, Good, 66% reading, 51% maths).

Wood Green Junior School's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

Wood Green Junior School is one of 6 schools run by Wednesday Learning Community Trust, an academy trust.

37 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Wood Green Junior School (as of April 2026): 68% would recommend the school, 70% say their child is happy there and 63% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (70%); the weakest, that they are kept well informed about progress (46%).

42.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 10.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (54%), Asian (30%) and Mixed (6%).

The nearest tram or metro stop is Great Western Street (West Midlands Metro), about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hobs Road (adjacent), 80 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Wood Green Junior School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

Wood Green Junior School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to Wood Green Junior School are Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School (0.5 miles), Wood Green Academy (0.6 miles) and Wodensborough Ormiston Academy (1 mile).