Wednesbury Oak Academy

Wednesbury Oak Academy is performing well, demonstrating a strong standard across various domains. The school has established an effective open culture of safeguarding, ensuring that pupils feel safe and valued. The early years provision is particularly noteworthy, with a meticulously sequenced curriculum that promotes active engagement and vocabulary development. Additionally, pupils benefit from a robust personal development program that cultivates respect and understanding of British values. The school also shows success in preparing pupils for secondary education, with many achieving as expected by Year 6 and with particular strengths noted among disadvantaged pupils in various subjects. However, there are areas that require improvement, particularly in the consistency of spelling, punctuation, and handwriting instruction for younger students, and in enhancing attendance across the board. While attendance management has improved, maintaining this success is crucial. Furthermore, adapting learning effectively for pupils with special educational needs is necessary to ensure all students thrive. Overall, Wednesbury Oak Academy is a school that prioritizes pupil development and has laid a strong foundation for continued progress.

Strengths

• The safeguarding standards are met and create a safe environment for pupils.
• The early years curriculum is well-sequenced and engages children effectively.
• There is a strong emphasis on vocabulary and language development.
• Personal development programs significantly enhance pupils' lives.
• Pupils exhibit impressive behavior and positive attitudes.
• Disadvantaged pupils achieve better than their peers nationally in writing.
• Leaders are visible and dedicated to continuous improvement.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent opportunities for key stage 1 pupils to develop spelling, punctuation, and handwriting skills.
• Need to maintain improvements in pupil attendance.
• Targeted support for pupils with special educational needs could be better adapted to individual needs.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Wednesbury Oak Academy attended 93.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.4% of pupils at Wednesbury Oak Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Wednesbury Oak Academy had 22.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 20.7% of pupils at Wednesbury Oak Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Wednesbury Oak Academy received £7,150 and spent £6,667 for each of its 441 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £622,000 (£1,410 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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What is Wednesbury Oak Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wednesbury Oak Academy is Expected standard, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Wednesbury Oak Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Wednesbury Oak Academy was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Wednesbury Oak Academy have?

Wednesbury Oak Academy has 439 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wednesbury Oak Academy cover?

Wednesbury Oak Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Wednesbury Oak Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Wednesbury Oak Academy?

Wednesbury Oak Academy is at Greenacre Road, Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 0AR.