Bearwood Primary School
Bearwood Road, Smethwick, B66 4HB
465 pupils · 93% of 498 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Free school meals
- 45.4%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 5 May 2023, published 18 June 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 64% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 9% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.98 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 48 | 47 | 101 | 48 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 40 | 40 | 79 | 40 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 40 | 38 | 76 | 39 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 57 | 54 | 94 | 56 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 44 | 43 | 95 | 44 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 38 | 35 | 79 | 37 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 57 | 47 | 122 | 54 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 55 | 47 | 111 | 53 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Gregory's Catholic Primary School 0.4 km · Outstanding — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Abbey Infant School 0.6 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Abbey Junior School 0.7 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- Shireland Technology Primary 0.8 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery 0.9 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Annie Lennard Primary School 1 km · No overall grade (2024)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.