Wednesbury Oak Academy
Greenacre Road, Tipton, DY4 0AR
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- WEDNESBURY OAK ACADEMY TRUST
- Principal
- Mrs Tracy Grieh
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Tipton and Wednesbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 472
- Pupils on roll
- 439
- URN
- 140793
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01215563387
About this school
Wednesbury Oak Academy is a primary academy in Tipton. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 439 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Wednesbury Oak Academy, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 62 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 65% | 66% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 5% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 78% | 76% | 78% |
| Expected standard in maths | 75% | 77% | 81% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 68% | 65% | 76% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.90 | - | - |
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 Wednesbury Oak Academy 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 | 63% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 65% | 57.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 66% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 455 |
| 2023/24 | 456 |
| 2024/25 | 456 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wednesbury Oak Academy compares
Wednesbury Oak Academy ranked 34th of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 55% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 29% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 66% | 6.6% | 46.3% | 439 | — |
| Glebefields Primary School | 46% | 7.2% | 60.6% | 366 | 0.2 miles |
| St Martin's Church of England Primary School | 62% | 5.4% | 57.1% | 221 | 0.4 miles |
| Jubilee Park Academy | 67% | 7.2% | 57.4% | 200 | 0.6 miles |
| Wallbrook Primary Academy | 47% | 7.6% | 51.4% | 263 | 0.7 miles |
| Moorcroft Wood Academy | — | — | — | 260 | 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report24 March 2026
- 26 January 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 46.25%
- English as an additional language
- 13.2%
- Overall absence
- 6.64%
- Persistent absence
- 16.85%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Glebefields Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Tipton
-
St Martin's Church of England Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Bilston
-
Jubilee Park Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Tipton
-
Wallbrook Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Bilston
-
Moorcroft Wood Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Walsall
Other schools in Tipton
Wednesbury Oak Academy ranks 6th of the 12 ranked primary schools in Tipton.
- Foxyards Primary School Primary
- Glebefields Primary School Primary
- Great Bridge Primary School Primary
- Joseph Turner Primary School Primary
- Jubilee Park Academy Primary
- Ocker Hill Academy Primary
- Ocker Hill Infant School Primary
- Sacred Heart Primary School Primary
- Silvertrees Academy Primary
- St Martin's CofE Primary School Primary
- St Pauls Church of England Academy Primary
- Summerhill Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Wednesbury Oak Academy teach?
- Wednesbury Oak Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Tipton.
- Who is the principal of Wednesbury Oak Academy?
- The principal of Wednesbury Oak Academy is Mrs Tracy Grieh, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Wednesbury Oak Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wednesbury Oak Academy, 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 Wednesbury Oak Academy?
- Wednesbury Oak Academy has 439 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Wednesbury Oak Academy full?
- Wednesbury Oak Academy has capacity for 472 pupils and 439 on roll (93%), 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 Wednesbury Oak Academy a faith school?
- No. Wednesbury Oak Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Wednesbury Oak Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Wednesbury Oak Academy as having nursery classes.
- Is Wednesbury Oak Academy part of an academy trust?
- Wednesbury Oak Academy is part of WEDNESBURY OAK ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Wednesbury Oak Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 63% in 2022/23 and 66% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Wednesbury Oak Academy compare with other schools in Sandwell?
- Wednesbury Oak Academy ranked 34th of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 55% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 29% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Wednesbury Oak Academy's absence rate?
- Wednesbury Oak Academy's overall absence rate is 6.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wednesbury Oak Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wednesbury Oak Academy'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 1 July 2026.