Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery
Addenbrooke Road, Smethwick, B67 6HT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rebecca Keen
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Smethwick
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 920
- Pupils on roll
- 734
- URN
- 131184
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01215581602
About this school
Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery is a community primary school in Smethwick. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 734 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery, and its latest judgement is set out 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 122 | 123 | 121 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 39% | 54% | 55% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 5% | 1% |
| Expected standard in reading | 50% | 59% | 66% |
| Expected standard in maths | 61% | 69% | 69% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 61% | 69% | 72% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.80 | - | - |
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 Uplands Manor Primary School and 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 | Sandwell average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 39% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 54% | 57.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 55% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 844 |
| 2023/24 | 832 |
| 2024/25 | 798 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery compares
Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery ranked 61st of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 30% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 55% | 6.5% | 46.1% | 734 | — |
| Annie Lennard Primary School | 62% | 4.5% | 37.7% | 229 | 0.4 miles |
| Crocketts Community Primary School | 65% | 4.1% | 35.2% | 472 | 0.5 miles |
| Abbey Infant School | — | 4.8% | 15.7% | 280 | 0.5 miles |
| Shireland Technology Primary | 75% | 4.5% | 37.8% | 440 | 0.5 miles |
| Bearwood Primary School | 64% | 4.7% | 45.7% | 465 | 0.5 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)
- 46.06%
- English as an additional language
- 44.2%
- Overall absence
- 6.49%
- Persistent absence
- 21.43%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Annie Lennard Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Smethwick
-
Crocketts Community Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Smethwick
-
Abbey Infant School0.5 miles
Primary · Smethwick
-
Shireland Technology Primary0.5 miles
Primary · Smethwick
-
Bearwood Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Smethwick
Other schools in Smethwick
Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery ranks 13th of the 15 ranked primary schools in Smethwick.
- Abbey Infant School Primary
- Abbey Junior School Primary
- Annie Lennard Primary School Primary
- Bearwood Primary School Primary
- Cape Primary School Primary
- Crocketts Community Primary School Primary
- Devonshire Infant Academy Primary
- Devonshire Junior Academy Primary
- Galton Valley Primary School Primary
- George Betts Primary Academy Primary
- Shireland Hall Primary Academy Primary
- Shireland Technology Primary Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery teach?
- Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Smethwick.
- Who is the headteacher of Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery?
- The headteacher of Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery is Mrs Rebecca Keen, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery?
- Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery has 734 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery full?
- Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery has capacity for 920 pupils and 734 on roll (80%), 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 Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery a faith school?
- No. Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery has no designated religious character.
- Does Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery have?
- The schools register lists Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery's special educational needs provision as: SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 39% in 2022/23 and 55% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery compare with other schools in Sandwell?
- Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery ranked 61st of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 30% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery's absence rate?
- Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery's overall absence rate is 6.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Uplands Manor Primary School and 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 30 June 2026.