Perryfields Primary School
Apsley Road, Oldbury, B68 0QY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jennifer Griffiths
- Constituency
- Smethwick
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 316
- URN
- 103953
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01214222848
About this school
Perryfields Primary School is a community primary school in Oldbury. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 316 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Perryfields 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 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
- Early years
- 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 | 62 | 60 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 50% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 7% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 74% | 67% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 65% | 60% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 77% | 77% | 75% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 102.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | 0.00 | - | - |
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 Perryfields 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 | 50% | 57.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 62% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 354 |
| 2023/24 | 348 |
| 2024/25 | 362 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Perryfields Primary School compares
Perryfields Primary School ranked 45th of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 45% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 27% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 62% | 6.9% | 31.2% | 316 | — |
| Quinton Church Primary School | 66% | 4.4% | 21.1% | 208 | 0.3 miles |
| Brandhall Primary School | 73% | 4.6% | 39.7% | 431 | 0.6 miles |
| Hurst Green Primary School | 66% | 6.1% | 17% | 420 | 0.6 miles |
| Howley Grange Primary School | 64% | 4.8% | 13.7% | 414 | 0.6 miles |
| Lift Four Dwellings Primary | 78% | 6.8% | 63.1% | 317 | 0.8 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
-
Graded inspection report2 June 2026
- 5 April 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 31.22%
- English as an additional language
- 19.6%
- Overall absence
- 6.88%
- Persistent absence
- 22.49%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Quinton Church Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Brandhall Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Oldbury
-
Hurst Green Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Halesowen
-
Howley Grange Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Halesowen
-
Lift Four Dwellings Primary0.8 miles
Primary · Birmingham
Other schools in Oldbury
Perryfields Primary School ranks 8th of the 16 ranked primary schools in Oldbury.
- Bleakhouse Primary School Primary
- Brandhall Primary School Primary
- Burnt Tree Primary School Primary
- Causeway Green Primary School Primary
- Christ Church Church of England Primary School Primary
- Grace Mary Primary School Primary
- Langley Primary School Primary
- Moat Farm Infant School Primary
- Moat Farm Junior School Primary
- Oakham Primary School Primary
- Our Lady and St Hubert's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Rood End Primary School Primary
Recorded changes at this school
Previous headteacher: Mrs Terry Jones (until September 2026).
- Headteacher changed from Mrs Terry Jones to Mrs Jennifer Griffiths recorded 5 Sep 2026
Common questions
- What ages does Perryfields Primary School teach?
- Perryfields Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Oldbury.
- Who is the headteacher of Perryfields Primary School?
- The headteacher of Perryfields Primary School is Mrs Jennifer Griffiths, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Perryfields Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Perryfields 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 Perryfields Primary School?
- Perryfields Primary School has 316 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Perryfields Primary School full?
- Perryfields Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 316 on roll (75%), 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 Perryfields Primary School a faith school?
- No. Perryfields Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Perryfields Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Perryfields Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Perryfields 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 62% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Perryfields Primary School compare with other schools in Sandwell?
- Perryfields Primary School ranked 45th of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 45% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 27% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Perryfields Primary School's absence rate?
- Perryfields Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Perryfields Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Perryfields 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 5 September 2026.