Uplands Junior School
Finchfield Road West, Finchfield, Wolverhampton, WV3 8BA
This school is closed (it closed in March 2026).
It was replaced by Uplands Junior School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs S Webster-Smith
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 384
- Pupils on roll
- 367
- URN
- 104332
- Local authority
- Wolverhampton
About this school
Uplands Junior School was a community primary school in Wolverhampton. It taught children aged 7 to 11 and had 367 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Uplands Junior School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 96 | 94 | 96 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 68% | 62% | 70% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 17% | 6% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 85% | 81% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 80% | 82% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 90% | 81% | 83% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.00 | - | - |
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 Uplands Junior 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 | Wolverhampton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 68% | 59% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 58.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 70% | 60.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.3% | 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 | 380 |
| 2023/24 | 381 |
| 2024/25 | 382 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Uplands Junior School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 66% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 70% | 4.1% | 25.9% | 367 | — |
| Uplands Junior School | — | — | — | — | 0.0 miles |
| Westacre Infant School | — | — | — | 257 | 0.2 miles |
| St Michael's Catholic Primary Academy and Nursery | 76% | 3.6% | 34.5% | 219 | 0.5 miles |
| Castlecroft Primary School | 67% | 6.2% | 30.3% | 228 | 0.7 miles |
| Bhylls Acre Primary School | 53% | 4.8% | 18.7% | 207 | 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)
- 25.92%
- English as an additional language
- 9.9%
- Overall absence
- 4.1%
- Persistent absence
- 7.75%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Uplands Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
-
Westacre Infant School0.2 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
-
St Michael's Catholic Primary Academy and Nursery0.5 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
-
Castlecroft Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
-
Bhylls Acre Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
Other schools in Wolverhampton
- Albrighton Primary School & Nursery Primary
- All Saints' CofE Primary School Primary
- Bantock Primary School Primary
- Berrybrook Primary School Primary
- Bhylls Acre Primary School Primary
- Birches First School Primary
- Blakeley Heath Primary School Primary
- Bushbury Hill Primary School Primary
- Bushbury Lane Academy Primary
- Castlecroft Primary School Primary
- Christ Church (Church of England) Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Christ Church (Church of England) Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Uplands Junior School teach?
- Uplands Junior School taught children aged 7 to 11. It was a primary school in Wolverhampton.
- Has Uplands Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Uplands Junior School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Uplands Junior School?
- Uplands Junior School had 367 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- How have Uplands Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 68% in 2022/23 and 70% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Uplands Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Uplands Junior 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.