Crocketts Community Primary School
Coopers Lane, Smethwick, B67 7DWOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Crocketts Community Primary School is a primary school in Smethwick for ages 2 to 11. It is one of the 133 schools in Sandwell. It ranks 4th of 15 primary schools in Smethwick. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in January 2025, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 7 January 2025, report published 30 January 2025
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years provision
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 7 January 2025
Crocketts Community Primary School is a highly inclusive and welcoming school. Staff understand the needs and challenges of their pupils and local community. The school is highly ambitious for all pupils. This particularly includes pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The school's motto of 'unlocking futures' is firmly realised. Staff know the individual barriers to pupils' learning and how best to remove them. Pupils and their families are well cared for. The school has high expectations for pupils' achievements. As a result, pupils are happy, safe and rise to these high expectations. Pupils demonstrate the school's 'can' values of curiosity, aspiration and neighbourliness. Developing pupils' characters is a real strength of the school. Pupils have a strong acceptance of others who are different to them. They understand the importance of equality. Pupils' attitudes to learning are positive. Consequently, pupils are highly respectful of each other. Behaviour and attitudes across school are exemplary. Parents and carers are overwhelmingly positive about their children's experiences here. The school builds positive relationships with families, even before pupils start at the school. As a result, children in the early years get off to a flying start.
What the school should improve
- In English, particularly in writing, the component knowledge that the school wants pupils to learn is not clear enough. Pupils do not build their knowledge in a clear sequential way. This slows down learning for some pupils. The school should ensure that in writing, the curriculum accurately identifies what knowledge pupils should learn over time and how this builds on previous learning.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
60 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
472 pupils on roll, with places for 420
Schools near Crocketts Community Primary School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria Park Primary | 0.4 miles | Ofsted: Good | 58% met the expected standard |
| Devonshire Junior Academy | 0.4 miles | Ofsted: Good | 71% met the expected standard |
| Devonshire Infant Academy | 0.4 miles | Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding | Not published |
| Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery | 0.5 miles | Ofsted: Good | 55% met the expected standard |
| Shireland Technology Primary | 0.6 miles | Ofsted: Outstanding | 75% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Community school
- Sector
- Local authority maintained
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery classes
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lynne Paino
- Phone
- 01215581659
- Address
- Coopers Lane, Smethwick, B67 7DW
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- URN
- 103941
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.