Albrighton Primary School & Nursery
New House Lane, Albrighton, Wolverhampton, WV7 3QS
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
It was replaced by Albrighton Primary School & Nursery. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Karen Tearle
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- The Wrekin
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 321
- URN
- 123410
- Local authority
- Shropshire
About this school
Albrighton Primary School & Nursery was a community primary school in Wolverhampton. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 321 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Albrighton Primary School & Nursery 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 | 33 | 28 | 43 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 42% | 50% | 56% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 14% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% | 79% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 61% | 57% | 70% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 68% | 72% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 106.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.50 | - | - |
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 Albrighton Primary School & Nursery has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Shropshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 42% | 55.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 55.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 56% | 56.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 346 |
| 2023/24 | 326 |
| 2024/25 | 321 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Albrighton Primary School & Nursery compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 56% | 4.7% | 19.8% | 321 | — |
| Albrighton Primary School & Nursery | — | — | — | 344 | 0.0 miles |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School | 73% | 4% | 8.1% | 195 | 0.5 miles |
| St Chad's CofE (VC) First School | — | 4.1% | 14.6% | 101 | 3.0 miles |
| Beckbury Church of England Primary School and Nursery | — | — | — | 51 | 3.2 miles |
| St Nicholas Church of England First School | — | 3.5% | 8.4% | 339 | 3.5 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)
- 19.78%
- English as an additional language
- 2.5%
- Overall absence
- 4.72%
- Persistent absence
- 10.23%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Albrighton Primary School & Nursery0.0 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
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St Mary's CofE Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
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St Chad's CofE (VC) First School3.0 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
-
Beckbury Church of England Primary School and Nursery3.2 miles
Primary · Shifnal
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St Nicholas Church of England First School3.5 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 ages does Albrighton Primary School & Nursery teach?
- Albrighton Primary School & Nursery taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Wolverhampton.
- Has Albrighton Primary School & Nursery been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Albrighton Primary School & Nursery 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 many pupils are at Albrighton Primary School & Nursery?
- Albrighton Primary School & Nursery had 321 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Albrighton Primary School & Nursery'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 56% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Albrighton Primary School & Nursery's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Albrighton Primary School & Nursery'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 31 August 2025.