Christ Church CofE Primary School
Albert Street, Oldbury, B69 4DE
This school is closed (it closed in May 2026).
It was replaced by Christ Church Church of England Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Headteacher
- Mr Matthew Wynne
- Diocese
- Diocese of Birmingham
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- West Bromwich
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 368
- URN
- 103997
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Website
- School website
About this school
Christ Church CofE Primary School was a Church of England voluntary aided primary school in Oldbury. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 368 pupils on roll.
Ofsted inspected it; its last report is linked below.
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
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: special measures.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 58 | 58 | 57 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 33% | 47% | 54% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 2% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 69% | 67% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 59% | 59% | 65% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% | 71% | 72% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 101.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.80 | - | - |
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 Christ Church CofE 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 | 33% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 47% | 57.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 54% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 424 |
| 2023/24 | 396 |
| 2024/25 | 399 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Christ Church CofE Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 28% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 54% | 6.3% | 38.7% | 368 | — |
| Christ Church Church of England Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.0 miles |
| St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School | 71% | 3.7% | 28.7% | 188 | 0.1 miles |
| Rounds Green Primary School | 51% | 7.4% | 37.3% | 367 | 0.6 miles |
| Lyng Primary School | 63% | 4.6% | 36.4% | 453 | 0.8 miles |
| George Betts Primary Academy | 80% | 4.4% | 41.8% | 383 | 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)
- 38.69%
- English as an additional language
- 42.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.3%
- Persistent absence
- 19.34%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Christ Church Church of England Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Oldbury
-
St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · Oldbury
-
Rounds Green Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Oldbury
-
Lyng Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · West Bromwich
-
George Betts Primary Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Smethwick
Other 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 Christ Church CofE Primary School teach?
- Christ Church CofE Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Oldbury.
- When was Christ Church CofE Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Christ Church CofE 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 Christ Church CofE Primary School?
- Christ Church CofE Primary School had 368 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Christ Church CofE Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 33% in 2022/23 and 54% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Christ Church CofE Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Christ Church CofE 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.