Wood Green Junior School
Hobs Road, Wednesbury, WS10 9BW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- Wednesday Learning Community Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Carla Clarke
- Federation
- Albert Pritchard Infant School and Wood Green Junior School Federation
- Constituency
- Tipton and Wednesbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 340
- URN
- 103913
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01215560377
About this school
Wood Green Junior School is a foundation primary school in Wednesbury. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 340 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Wood Green Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 93 | 90 | 89 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 49% | 52% | 60% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 1% | 0% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 81% | 70% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 60% | 71% | 74% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 69% | 73% | 79% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.60 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Wood Green Junior School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Sandwell average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 49% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 57.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 60% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 342 |
| 2023/24 | 347 |
| 2024/25 | 337 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wood Green Junior School compares
Wood Green Junior School ranked 49th of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 60% | 5.4% | 42.1% | 340 | — |
| Albert Pritchard Infant School | — | 7.9% | 31.3% | 244 | 0.2 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | 52% | 4.3% | 27.3% | 232 | 0.2 miles |
| Old Park Primary School | 68% | 5.8% | 28.9% | 471 | 0.4 miles |
| Mesty Croft Primary | 46% | 6% | 43.9% | 410 | 0.6 miles |
| Kings Hill Primary School | 74% | 7.8% | 41.4% | 459 | 0.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 42.14%
- English as an additional language
- 13.6%
- Overall absence
- 5.36%
- Persistent absence
- 14.59%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Albert Pritchard Infant School0.2 miles
Primary · Wednesbury
-
St Mary's Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Wednesbury
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Old Park Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Wednesbury
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Mesty Croft Primary0.6 miles
Primary · Wednesbury
-
Kings Hill Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Wednesbury
Other schools in Wednesbury
Wood Green Junior School ranks 10th of the 14 ranked primary schools in Wednesbury.
- Albert Pritchard Infant School Primary
- Holyhead Primary Academy Primary
- Kings Hill Primary School Primary
- Mesty Croft Primary Primary
- Old Church Church of England C Primary School Primary
- Old Park Primary School Primary
- Park Hill Primary School Primary
- Pinfold Street Primary School Primary
- Salisbury Primary School Primary
- St John's Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Darlaston Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Wood Green Junior School teach?
- Wood Green Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Wednesbury.
- Who is the headteacher of Wood Green Junior School?
- The headteacher of Wood Green Junior School is Mrs Carla Clarke, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Wood Green Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wood Green Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Wood Green Junior School?
- Wood Green Junior School has 340 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Wood Green Junior School full?
- Wood Green Junior School has capacity for 360 pupils and 340 on roll (94%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Wood Green Junior School a faith school?
- No. Wood Green Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Wood Green Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Wood Green Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Wood Green Junior School part of an academy trust?
- Wood Green Junior School is part of Wednesday Learning Community Trust. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Wood Green Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 49% in 2022/23 and 60% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Wood Green Junior School compare with other schools in Sandwell?
- Wood Green Junior School ranked 49th of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Wood Green Junior School's absence rate?
- Wood Green Junior School's overall absence rate is 5.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wood Green Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wood Green Junior School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.