Temple Meadow Primary School
Wrights Lane, Cradley Heath, B64 6RH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- The Rowley Learning Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Anita Van Straaten
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Halesowen
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 465
- Pupils on roll
- 418
- URN
- 103957
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01384569021
About this school
Temple Meadow Primary School is a foundation primary school in Cradley Heath. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 418 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
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 11 May 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 59 | 39 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 48% | 51% | 41% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 58% | 66% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 64% | 51% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 63% | 59% | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 102.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.60 | - | - |
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 Temple Meadow 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 | 48% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 51% | 57.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 41% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 389 |
| 2023/24 | 411 |
| 2024/25 | 419 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Temple Meadow Primary School compares
Temple Meadow Primary School ranked 84th of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 12% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 41% | 8.1% | 41.9% | 418 | — |
| Old Hill Primary School | 72% | 6% | 35.1% | 237 | 0.3 miles |
| Reddal Hill Primary School | 43% | 7.4% | 43.5% | 420 | 0.4 miles |
| Highfields Primary School | 58% | 6.4% | 31% | 403 | 0.6 miles |
| Corngreaves Academy | 83% | 5.4% | 37.8% | 209 | 0.7 miles |
| Timbertree Academy | 86% | 5.8% | 46.2% | 221 | 0.7 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)
- 41.87%
- English as an additional language
- 20.8%
- Overall absence
- 8.1%
- Persistent absence
- 27.04%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Old Hill Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Cradley Heath
-
Reddal Hill Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Cradley Heath
-
Highfields Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Rowley Regis
-
Corngreaves Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Cradley Heath
-
Timbertree Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Cradley Heath
Other schools in Cradley Heath
Temple Meadow Primary School ranks 5th of the 5 ranked primary schools in Cradley Heath.
- Corngreaves Academy Primary
- Old Hill Primary School Primary
- Reddal Hill Primary School Primary
- Timbertree Academy Primary
- Ormiston Forge Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Temple Meadow Primary School teach?
- Temple Meadow Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Cradley Heath.
- Who is the headteacher of Temple Meadow Primary School?
- The headteacher of Temple Meadow Primary School is Mrs Anita Van Straaten, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Temple Meadow Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Temple Meadow 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 Temple Meadow Primary School?
- Temple Meadow Primary School has 418 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Temple Meadow Primary School full?
- Temple Meadow Primary School has capacity for 465 pupils and 418 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 Temple Meadow Primary School a faith school?
- No. Temple Meadow Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Temple Meadow Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Temple Meadow Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Temple Meadow Primary School?
- Temple Meadow Primary School is part of The Rowley Learning Trust. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Temple Meadow Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 48% in 2022/23 and 41% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Temple Meadow Primary School rank locally?
- Temple Meadow Primary School ranked 84th of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 12% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Temple Meadow Primary School's absence rate?
- Temple Meadow Primary School's overall absence rate is 8.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Temple Meadow Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Temple Meadow 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.