Tameside Primary Academy
Price Road, Wednesbury, WS10 0EZ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- SHIRELAND COLLEGIATE ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Cem Yalluri
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Tipton and Wednesbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 388
- URN
- 146358
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01215560340
About this school
Tameside Primary Academy is a primary academy in Wednesbury. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 388 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Outstanding
- 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 | 90 | 86 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 71% | 69% | 75% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 8% | 17% |
| Expected standard in reading | 81% | 84% | 95% |
| Expected standard in maths | 81% | 85% | 85% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 82% | 91% | 95% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 106.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 107.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +4.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +4.50 | - | - |
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 Tameside Primary 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 | 71% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 69% | 57.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 75% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 471 |
| 2023/24 | 411 |
| 2024/25 | 395 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Tameside Primary Academy compares
Tameside Primary Academy ranked 12th of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 78% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 75% | 7.2% | 51.8% | 388 | — |
| Mesty Croft Primary | 46% | 6% | 43.9% | 410 | 0.3 miles |
| Park Hill Primary School | 53% | 4.7% | 36.1% | 231 | 0.4 miles |
| The Priory Primary School | 63% | 5% | 50.8% | 458 | 0.5 miles |
| Hall Green Primary School | 53% | 5.1% | 38.1% | 466 | 0.6 miles |
| Moorlands Primary School | 55% | 8.3% | 37.4% | 206 | 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)
- 51.79%
- English as an additional language
- 23%
- Overall absence
- 7.16%
- Persistent absence
- 25.15%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Mesty Croft Primary0.3 miles
Primary · Wednesbury
-
Park Hill Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Wednesbury
-
The Priory Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Wednesbury
-
Hall Green Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · West Bromwich
-
Moorlands Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · West Bromwich
Other schools in Wednesbury
Tameside Primary Academy ranks 1st of the 14 ranked primary schools in Wednesbury.
- Albert Pritchard Infant School Primary
- Holyhead Primary Academy Primary
- Kings Hill Primary School Primary
- Mesty Croft Primary Primary
- Old Church Church of England C Primary School Primary
- Old Park Primary School Primary
- Park Hill Primary School Primary
- Pinfold Street Primary School Primary
- Salisbury Primary School Primary
- St John's Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Darlaston Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Tameside Primary Academy teach?
- Tameside Primary Academy teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Wednesbury.
- Who is the headteacher of Tameside Primary Academy?
- The headteacher of Tameside Primary Academy is Mr Cem Yalluri, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Tameside Primary Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Tameside Primary 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 big is Tameside Primary Academy?
- Tameside Primary Academy has 388 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Tameside Primary Academy full?
- Tameside Primary Academy has capacity for 630 pupils and 388 on roll (62%), 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 Tameside Primary Academy a faith school?
- No. Tameside Primary Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Tameside Primary Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Tameside Primary Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Tameside Primary Academy?
- Tameside Primary Academy is part of SHIRELAND COLLEGIATE ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Tameside Primary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 71% in 2022/23 and 75% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Tameside Primary Academy rank locally?
- Tameside Primary Academy ranked 12th of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 78% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Tameside Primary Academy's absence rate?
- Tameside Primary Academy's overall absence rate is 7.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Tameside Primary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Tameside Primary 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 10 July 2026.