Crocketts Community Primary School
Coopers Lane, Smethwick, B67 7DW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lynne Paino
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- PD - Physical Disability
- Constituency
- Smethwick
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 472
- URN
- 103941
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01215581659
About this school
Crocketts Community Primary School is a community primary school in Smethwick. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 472 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Crocketts Community Primary 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- 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 | 65 | 60 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 53% | 65% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 3% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 80% | 75% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 77% | 72% | 83% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 75% | 68% | 83% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +5.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +5.80 | - | - |
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 Crocketts Community 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 | 55% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 53% | 57.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 65% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 477 |
| 2023/24 | 476 |
| 2024/25 | 476 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Crocketts Community Primary School compares
Crocketts Community Primary School ranked 35th of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 53% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 83% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 65% | 4.1% | 35.2% | 472 | — |
| Victoria Park Primary | 58% | 6.6% | 40.1% | 604 | 0.4 miles |
| Devonshire Junior Academy | 71% | 4.3% | 38.7% | 349 | 0.4 miles |
| Devonshire Infant Academy | — | 6% | 28% | 346 | 0.4 miles |
| Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery | 55% | 6.5% | 46.1% | 734 | 0.5 miles |
| Shireland Technology Primary | 75% | 4.5% | 37.8% | 440 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 35.15%
- English as an additional language
- 59.7%
- Overall absence
- 4.09%
- Persistent absence
- 6.34%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Victoria Park Primary0.4 miles
Primary · Smethwick
-
Devonshire Junior Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Smethwick
-
Devonshire Infant Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Smethwick
-
Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery0.5 miles
Primary · Smethwick
-
Shireland Technology Primary0.6 miles
Primary · Smethwick
Other schools in Smethwick
Crocketts Community Primary School ranks 8th 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
- Cape 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 ages does Crocketts Community Primary School teach?
- Crocketts Community Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Smethwick.
- Who is the headteacher of Crocketts Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Crocketts Community Primary School is Mrs Lynne Paino, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Crocketts Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Crocketts Community 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 many pupils are at Crocketts Community Primary School?
- Crocketts Community Primary School has 472 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Crocketts Community Primary School full?
- Crocketts Community Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 472 on roll (112%), so it is at or above 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 Crocketts Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Crocketts Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Crocketts Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Crocketts Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Crocketts Community Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Crocketts Community Primary School's special educational needs provision as: PD - Physical Disability. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Crocketts Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 55% in 2022/23 and 65% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Crocketts Community Primary School compare with other schools in Sandwell?
- Crocketts Community Primary School ranked 35th of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 53% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 83% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Crocketts Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Crocketts Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Crocketts Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Crocketts Community 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.