Lightwoods Primary Academy
Castle Road East, Oldbury, Sandwell, B68 9BG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- SHIRELAND COLLEGIATE ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr John Ashton
- Sponsor
- Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Smethwick
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 390
- Pupils on roll
- 413
- URN
- 148333
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01214292542
About this school
Lightwoods Primary Academy is a primary academy in Oldbury, Sandwell. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 413 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
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- 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 | 60 | 62 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 61% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 8% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 80% | 77% | 81% |
| Expected standard in maths | 78% | 74% | 80% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 77% | 71% | 86% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | 0.00 | - | - |
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 Lightwoods 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 | 67% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 61% | 57.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 63% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 418 |
| 2023/24 | 413 |
| 2024/25 | 405 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lightwoods Primary Academy compares
Lightwoods Primary Academy ranked 40th of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 87% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 63% | 3.9% | 17% | 413 | — |
| Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School | 77% | 3.4% | 15.2% | 206 | 0.6 miles |
| Woodhouse Primary Academy | 75% | 5.6% | 48.8% | 456 | 0.6 miles |
| Bleakhouse Primary School | 48% | 5.6% | 31.4% | 432 | 0.6 miles |
| Brandhall Primary School | 73% | 4.6% | 39.7% | 431 | 0.7 miles |
| Abbey Junior School | 74% | 3.8% | 24.9% | 357 | 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)
- 17.04%
- English as an additional language
- 19.5%
- Overall absence
- 3.88%
- Persistent absence
- 6.59%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Woodhouse Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Bleakhouse Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Oldbury
-
Brandhall Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Oldbury
-
Abbey Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Smethwick
Common questions
- What year groups does Lightwoods Primary Academy teach?
- Lightwoods Primary Academy teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Oldbury, Sandwell.
- Who is the headteacher of Lightwoods Primary Academy?
- The headteacher of Lightwoods Primary Academy is Mr John Ashton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Lightwoods Primary Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lightwoods 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 Lightwoods Primary Academy?
- Lightwoods Primary Academy has 413 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Lightwoods Primary Academy full?
- Lightwoods Primary Academy has capacity for 390 pupils and 413 on roll (106%), so it is at or above 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 Lightwoods Primary Academy a faith school?
- No. Lightwoods Primary Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Lightwoods Primary Academy have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Lightwoods Primary Academy as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Lightwoods Primary Academy?
- Lightwoods 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 Lightwoods Primary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 67% in 2022/23 and 63% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Lightwoods Primary Academy rank locally?
- Lightwoods Primary Academy ranked 40th of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 87% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Lightwoods Primary Academy's absence rate?
- Lightwoods Primary Academy's overall absence rate is 3.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lightwoods Primary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lightwoods 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.