Academy converter · Primary
Smethwick · B66 4PW · Sandwell
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 147191
Shireland Technology Primary
Free schools · Smethwick · B66 4ND
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
440
Local authority
Sandwell
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed free schools (primary), Ages 3–11, in Smethwick, Sandwell, 440 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 39.1%.
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Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 147191
Location
- Address
- Waterloo Road
- Postcode
- B66 4ND
- Town
- Smethwick
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- District
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- Smethwick
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 440
- Boys / girls
- 236 / 204
- School capacity
- 446
- Capacity fill
- 440 / 446 (99%)
- Free school meals
- 39.1%
- FSM pupils
- 162
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Governance
- Academy trust: SHIRELAND COLLEGIATE ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- SHIRELAND COLLEGIATE ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Collins
- Telephone
- 01217203388
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Outstanding
Inspection date
2023-10-17
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
4.9%
Persistent absence
13.3%
Unauthorised
1.6%
- Authorised absence
- 3.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.8%
- Enrolments in measure
- 285
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 4.7% · Persistent 9.3%
- 2021/22
- Overall 4.2% · Persistent 7.9%