Cape Primary School
Cape Hill, Smethwick, B66 4SH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Sally Baker
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Smethwick
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 540
- Pupils on roll
- 488
- URN
- 103937
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01215581667
About this school
Cape Primary School is a community primary school in Smethwick. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 488 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 85 | 86 | 79 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 44% | 47% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 2% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 60% | 59% |
| Expected standard in maths | 64% | 58% | 58% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 61% | 62% | 56% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 101.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.70 | - | - |
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 Cape Primary 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 | 53% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 44% | 57.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 47% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 590 |
| 2023/24 | 567 |
| 2024/25 | 549 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cape Primary School compares
Cape Primary School ranked 79th of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 18% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 54% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 47% | 5.2% | 45.7% | 488 | — |
| Shireland Hall Primary Academy | 69% | 4.3% | 30.3% | 661 | 0.1 miles |
| St Matthew's CofE Primary School | 71% | 4% | 41.9% | 470 | 0.3 miles |
| Victoria Park Primary | 58% | 6.6% | 40.1% | 604 | 0.4 miles |
| Shireland Technology Primary | 75% | 4.5% | 37.8% | 440 | 0.4 miles |
| City Road Primary School | 69% | 7.5% | 43.2% | 456 | 0.5 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 45.7%
- English as an additional language
- 55.2%
- Overall absence
- 5.22%
- Persistent absence
- 14.73%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Shireland Hall Primary Academy0.1 miles
Primary · Smethwick
-
St Matthew's CofE Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Smethwick
-
Victoria Park Primary0.4 miles
Primary · Smethwick
-
Shireland Technology Primary0.4 miles
Primary · Smethwick
-
City Road Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Birmingham
Other schools in Smethwick
Cape Primary School ranks 15th of the 15 ranked primary schools in Smethwick.
- Abbey Infant School Primary
- Abbey Junior School Primary
- Annie Lennard Primary School Primary
- Bearwood Primary School Primary
- Crocketts Community Primary School Primary
- Devonshire Infant Academy Primary
- Devonshire Junior Academy Primary
- Galton Valley Primary School Primary
- George Betts Primary Academy Primary
- Shireland Hall Primary Academy Primary
- Shireland Technology Primary Primary
- St Gregory's Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Cape Primary School teach?
- Cape Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Smethwick.
- Who is the headteacher of Cape Primary School?
- The headteacher of Cape Primary School is Miss Sally Baker, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Cape Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cape Primary 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 big is Cape Primary School?
- Cape Primary School has 488 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Cape Primary School full?
- Cape Primary School has capacity for 540 pupils and 488 on roll (90%), 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 Cape Primary School a faith school?
- No. Cape Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Cape Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Cape Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Cape Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 53% in 2022/23 and 47% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Cape Primary School rank locally?
- Cape Primary School ranked 79th of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 18% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 54% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cape Primary School's absence rate?
- Cape Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cape Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cape Primary 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.