Rood End Primary School
Rood End Road, Oldbury, B68 8SQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jayne O'Neill
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Smethwick
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 488
- Pupils on roll
- 428
- URN
- 103984
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01215521866
About this school
Rood End Primary School is a community primary school in Oldbury. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 428 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 89 | 91 | 56 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 42% | 30% | 50% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 2% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 47% | 45% | 59% |
| Expected standard in maths | 66% | 43% | 63% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 62% | 58% | 43% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 99.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.50 | - | - |
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 Rood End 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 | 42% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 30% | 57.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 50% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 505 |
| 2023/24 | 480 |
| 2024/25 | 431 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Rood End Primary School compares
Rood End Primary School ranked 73rd of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 50% | 7.1% | 43.8% | 428 | — |
| George Betts Primary Academy | 80% | 4.4% | 41.8% | 383 | 0.5 miles |
| Langley Primary School | 81% | 4.8% | 45.3% | 440 | 0.7 miles |
| St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School | 71% | 3.7% | 28.7% | 188 | 0.8 miles |
| Devonshire Junior Academy | 71% | 4.3% | 38.7% | 349 | 0.8 miles |
| Devonshire Infant Academy | — | 6% | 28% | 346 | 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 43.81%
- English as an additional language
- 77.5%
- Overall absence
- 7.05%
- Persistent absence
- 25.97%
Location
Nearby schools
-
George Betts Primary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Smethwick
-
Langley Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Oldbury
-
St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Oldbury
-
Devonshire Junior Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Smethwick
-
Devonshire Infant Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Smethwick
Other schools in Oldbury
Rood End Primary School ranks 15th 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
- Perryfields Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Rood End Primary School teach?
- Rood End Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Oldbury.
- Who is the headteacher of Rood End Primary School?
- The headteacher of Rood End Primary School is Mrs Jayne O'Neill, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Rood End Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Rood End 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 Rood End Primary School?
- Rood End Primary School has 428 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Rood End Primary School full?
- Rood End Primary School has capacity for 488 pupils and 428 on roll (88%), 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 Rood End Primary School a faith school?
- No. Rood End Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Rood End Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Rood End Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Rood End Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 42% in 2022/23 and 50% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Rood End Primary School rank locally?
- Rood End Primary School ranked 73rd of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Rood End Primary School's absence rate?
- Rood End Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Rood End Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Rood End 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.