St Matthew's CofE Primary School

State-Funded School

st-matthews-cofe-primary-school-sandwell-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

SandwellLocal Authority

SmethwickConstituency

B66 3LXPostcode

8.2

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Matthew's CofE Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Sandwell, West Midlands.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 470 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 10 Feb 2026 · published 19 Apr 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 78%
Higher standard: 10%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 107

Ethnicity

White

Asian

36%

Black

34%

Mixed

Any other group

13%

Unclassified

Pupils

470

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

37%

England average

27%

First language not English

69%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 470
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 25 November 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
20 Mar 2012	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.