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Wilkinson Primary School

PrimaryAges 2–11Community

Bilston, WV14 8UR · Wolverhampton local authority

Bilston’s School Grade C+ better than 42% of towns in England

Its letter
57%
of England’s primaries have lower KS2 results
Getting in
47/47
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
480 pupils
114% of its 420 places
Free school meals
46%
46 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Wilkinson Primary School

  • Its own letter, B: Key Stage 2 results better than 57% of England’s primary schools
  • Over capacity: 480 pupils for 420 places
  • 46% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted report card, February 2026: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (47 of 47)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (WV14 8) sold for a median £200,000; Bilston’s is £195,000

Results

DfE · Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths 65%

Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 57% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Wolverhampton avg 65%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 61.6%Wilkinson Primary 65%

Each subject, 2025

Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 107, maths 106 (100 = the expected standard)

Reading84%
England’s schools 77%
Writing (teacher assessed)82%
England’s schools 73%
Maths89%
England’s schools 75%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling82%
England’s schools 74%

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025

Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 32 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged
59%England 48.5%
Not disadvantaged
86%England 69.4%
Reached the higher standard in all three13%
England’s schools 8% · Wolverhampton 10% · 2025

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Wilkinson Primary School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

47
families put it first for September 2026
48
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (9), 2021 (3). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Wolverhampton council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Wolverhampton council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Bilston, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.37 per place
73% got their first choice
1.17 per place
83% got their first choice
1.05 per place
90% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
Wilkinson Primary
0.98 per place
100% got their first choice
0.94 per place
100% got their first choice
0.93 per place
100% got their first choice
0.92 per place
100% got their first choice
0.89 per place
100% got their first choice

Bilston and Wolverhampton, side by side

2023–2025

All 69 graded primaries in Wolverhampton. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Bilston’s schools are coloured by their letter.

40%49%58%67%76%85%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%Pupils eligible for free school meals →KS2 expected standard →Wilkinson
ABCDElsewhere in WolverhamptonWilkinson Primary
Show as a table
SchoolLetterFree school mealsKS2 expected standard
St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary SchoolA+12%91%
Oak Meadow Primary SchoolA+37%85%
Spring Vale Primary SchoolA+44%83%
Whitgreave Primary SchoolA65%82%
Holy Rosary Catholic Primary AcademyA50%82%
Parkfield Primary SchoolA51%81%
St Jude's Church of England Primary AcademyA47%79%
Nishkam Primary School WolverhamptonA35%77%
Edward the Elder Primary SchoolA50%77%
St Stephen's Church of England Primary SchoolA66%77%
St Anthony's Catholic Primary AcademyA26%77%
Manor Primary SchoolA33%76%
Loxdale Primary SchoolA−47%75%
Woodthorne Primary SchoolA−25%73%
Lanesfield Primary SchoolA−49%72%
Bushbury Lane AcademyA−56%72%
D'Eyncourt Primary SchoolA−32%72%
Merridale Primary SchoolA−47%72%
Dovecotes Primary SchoolA−59%72%
St Mary's Catholic Primary AcademyB+39%70%
Elston Hall Primary SchoolB+37%70%
St Andrew's Church of England Primary SchoolB+57%70%
St Luke's Church of England Aided Primary SchoolB+45%69%
West Park Primary SchoolB+58%69%
Villiers Primary SchoolB+50%69%
Stow Heath Primary SchoolB+49%68%
Goldthorn Park Primary SchoolB+41%68%
Christ Church (Church of England) Junior SchoolB28%67%
Field View Primary SchoolB61%67%
Long Knowle Primary SchoolB46%66%
Trinity CofE Primary AcademyB55%66%
St Patrick's Catholic Primary AcademyB51%66%
St Michael's CofE Primary AcademyB30%66%
Wilkinson Primary SchoolB46%65%
Perry Hall Primary SchoolB−34%64%
Palmers Cross Primary SchoolB−31%64%
Woodfield Primary SchoolB−32%64%
Claregate Primary SchoolB−38%63%
St Michael's Catholic Primary Academy and NurseryB−34%63%
St Teresa's Catholic Primary AcademyB−53%63%
Berrybrook Primary SchoolB−64%63%
Castlecroft Primary SchoolB−29%62%
Holy Trinity Catholic Primary SchoolB−29%62%
SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy & NurseryB−39%62%
Hill Avenue AcademyB−44%62%
Dunstall Hill Primary SchoolB−62%61%
The Royal School, WolverhamptonB−33%61%
Wood End Primary SchoolC+35%60%
Fallings Park Primary SchoolC+63%60%
Wodensfield Primary SchoolC+41%59%
Bantock Primary SchoolC+59%59%
Bilston Church of England Primary SchoolC+52%58%
Eastfield Primary SchoolC62%57%
SS Mary and John's Catholic Primary AcademyC48%56%
East Park AcademyC51%56%
Springdale Primary SchoolC40%56%
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary AcademyC−51%53%
Woden Primary SchoolC−56%52%
Graiseley Primary SchoolC−47%51%
Stowlawn Primary SchoolC−56%51%
Warstones Primary SchoolC−43%51%
St Martin's Church of England Primary SchoolC−55%50%
Northwood Park Primary SchoolC−51%49%
St Thomas' Church of England Primary AcademyC−33%49%
Grove Primary AcademyC−59%48%
Bushbury Hill Primary SchoolD70%45%
Rakegate Primary SchoolD54%44%
St Alban's Church of England Primary AcademyD33%44%
St Paul's Church of England Aided Primary SchoolD43%42%

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

491 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
16.9%England 15.3%
EHC plan
0.6%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
15.1%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
46.7%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 51%Boys 49%
Its letter

Wilkinson Primary School’s letter

Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.

Primary: KS2 reading, writing and maths BBetter than 57% of 15,230 schools
How school letters are worked out

Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.

A+ 95+A 85–94A− 75–84B+ 65–74B 55–64B− 45–54C+ 35–44C 25–34C− 15–24D 5–14D− 0–4

Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Report card, inspection starting February 2026.

SafeguardingMet
AchievementExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and well-beingExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard

Before the report card: Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, October 2021.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Wilkinson Primary School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in WV14 8, the school’s postcode sector

Bilston property prices →
£200,000
median sale, 336 sales in 36 months · Bilston £195,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K£200K£250K2010201520202025WV14 8Bilston
WV14 8Bilston

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£285K
Semi-detached
£202K
Terraced
£185K
Flat
£100K
WV14 8Bilston

Homes in WV14 8 sell for about the same as Bilston’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

29 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNCB−C−C−A−A−B−C+DDC+B−ABABC−ABC−DC+C−B+DC−B+DBWilkinson Primary School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Bilston, WV14 8UR

Wilkinson Primary School: common questions

Is Wilkinson Primary School a good school?

By its published results, above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 57% of England’s primary schools (its letter is B), with 65% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: a report card in February 2026.

How hard is it to get into Wilkinson Primary School?

For September 2026, 47 families put Wilkinson Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 48 places were offered in all.

What is Wilkinson Primary School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (February 2026) gave a report card: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.

How much do houses cost near Wilkinson Primary School?

Homes in its postcode sector, WV14 8, sold for a median £200,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (336 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Bilston’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.