Glebefields Primary School

About Glebefields Primary School

Glebefields Primary School sits within the Sandwell local authority, a mixed state primary for children aged 3 to 11. Among the 83 primary schools in the borough, it ranks 36th, placing it just inside the top half. The highest-performing local peers are Grove Vale Primary School, Burnt Tree Primary School, and St Pauls Church of England Academy, all of which score notably higher on the same ranking metric. Glebefields’ own ranking score of 63 places it in the bottom 50% nationally, though within Sandwell it is comfortably mid-table. The school is led by headteacher Katie Jenks and has a capacity of 480 pupils, with 386 currently on roll. It is a non-religious school with no official sixth form, but it does offer nursery provision. The most recent Ofsted inspection, carried out in March 2025, awarded a Good rating across all areas, including behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. This marks a clear improvement from the previous inspection in November 2022, when the school was rated Requires Improvement.

Academically, Glebefields’ Key Stage 2 results for the 2023/24 academic year show 63% of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths combined. That is three percentage points above the Sandwell local authority average of 60%. The school’s average scores in reading and maths are 105 and 104 respectively, both slightly above the national benchmark of 100. However, no pupils achieved the higher standard in reading, writing, and maths combined, and the proportion reaching the higher standard in individual subjects is modest: 23% in reading and 22% in maths. Writing at the higher standard sits at 0%. Progress scores are not available for any of the three core subjects, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points. Nationally, Glebefields ranks 6,848 out of 13,686 primary schools on the expected standard measure, placing it almost exactly at the median. In the West Midlands region, it ranks 667th out of 1,378 schools.

The school offers a broad range of facilities including an outdoor playground, sensory room, ICT suite, music rooms, forest school, and a chapel. Sports provision includes swimming, dance, tennis, cricket, and football, while clubs cover drama, coding, choir, art, film, and science. Glebefields has a wide SEND offer, supporting pupils with moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, hearing and visual impairments, physical disabilities, and autistic spectrum disorder. Parent View responses from 48 families between September 2024 and September 2025 show that 80% of respondents agree or strongly agree that their child is happy at the school, and 79% feel their child is safe. However, only 56% would recommend the school to another parent, and 44% would not. The school was oversubscribed for 2025/26 reception places, with 41 first-preference applications for 41 places and 60 total applications, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.46. This suggests strong local demand, particularly from families who prioritise the school’s improved Ofsted rating and its inclusive SEND provision.

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