Oak Meadow Primary School

About Oak Meadow Primary School

Oak Meadow Primary School in Wolverhampton is a state primary for mixed genders aged 4 to 11, currently home to 418 pupils against a capacity of 420 — so it is running very close to full. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals stands at 34.9%, which is notably higher than the national average for primary schools and reflects the local demographic context of the area. Demand for places is strong: for the 2025/26 intake, the school received 105 applications for 53 places, with 50 of those being first-preference applications. That gives an oversubscription ratio of 1.98, meaning nearly two families applied for every available spot. All 50 first-preference applicants were offered a place, which suggests that while the school is popular, it is still accessible to families who put it first. The headteacher is Paul Lane, and the school has no religious character or nursery provision.

Academically, Oak Meadow performs well above the local average. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 84% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with a Wolverhampton local authority average of just 64%. That puts the school first out of 60 primary schools in the borough, and in the top 6% nationally. Results are strong across individual subjects: 90% met the expected standard in maths, 89% in reading and 85% in writing. At the higher standard, 40% of pupils achieved above the expected level in both reading and maths, and 27% in writing. Average scaled scores were 107 in both reading and maths. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection, in 2020, rated it Good overall, with leadership and management also judged Good. Its previous graded inspection in 2012 had rated the school Requires Improvement, so the trajectory is clearly upward.

The school offers a broad range of facilities including a sports hall, gymnasium, music rooms, ICT suite, sensory room and even a chapel. Sports on offer include football, gymnastics, athletics, dance, cross country, cricket and tennis, and there are clubs for coding, book club and choir. SEND provision is extensive, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social emotional and mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and autistic spectrum disorder. For families considering Oak Meadow, the key takeaway is that it is a well-regarded, oversubscribed school with strong academic outcomes relative to the local area, a broad set of facilities and a comprehensive SEND offer — but it is not a nursery provider and has no sixth form.

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