Goldthorn Park Primary School
Wolverhampton, WV4 5ET · Wolverhampton local authority
Wolverhampton’s School Grade B better than 62% of towns in England
What stands out about Goldthorn Park Primary School
- Its own letter, B+: Key Stage 2 results better than 66% of England’s primary schools
- 68% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 6 points above England’s schools
- 41% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted report card, July 2026: achievement strong standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (34 of 34)
- Homes in its postcode sector (WV4 5) sold for a median £281,000; Wolverhampton’s is £220,000
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 68%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 66% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Wolverhampton avg 65%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 104, maths 103 (100 = the expected standard)
Disadvantaged pupils, 2025
Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 29 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools
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.
How hard is it to get a place at Goldthorn Park Primary School?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. 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. Elston Hall Learning Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Wolverhampton council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand
100% got their first choice
Wolverhampton and Wolverhampton, side by side
2023–2025All 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. Wolverhampton’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School | A+ | 12% | 91% |
| Oak Meadow Primary School | A+ | 37% | 85% |
| Spring Vale Primary School | A+ | 44% | 83% |
| Whitgreave Primary School | A | 65% | 82% |
| Holy Rosary Catholic Primary Academy | A | 50% | 82% |
| Parkfield Primary School | A | 51% | 81% |
| St Jude's Church of England Primary Academy | A | 47% | 79% |
| Nishkam Primary School Wolverhampton | A | 35% | 77% |
| Edward the Elder Primary School | A | 50% | 77% |
| St Stephen's Church of England Primary School | A | 66% | 77% |
| St Anthony's Catholic Primary Academy | A | 26% | 77% |
| Manor Primary School | A | 33% | 76% |
| Loxdale Primary School | A− | 47% | 75% |
| Woodthorne Primary School | A− | 25% | 73% |
| Lanesfield Primary School | A− | 49% | 72% |
| Bushbury Lane Academy | A− | 56% | 72% |
| D'Eyncourt Primary School | A− | 32% | 72% |
| Merridale Primary School | A− | 47% | 72% |
| Dovecotes Primary School | A− | 59% | 72% |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy | B+ | 39% | 70% |
| Elston Hall Primary School | B+ | 37% | 70% |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School | B+ | 57% | 70% |
| St Luke's Church of England Aided Primary School | B+ | 45% | 69% |
| West Park Primary School | B+ | 58% | 69% |
| Villiers Primary School | B+ | 50% | 69% |
| Stow Heath Primary School | B+ | 49% | 68% |
| Goldthorn Park Primary School | B+ | 41% | 68% |
| Christ Church (Church of England) Junior School | B | 28% | 67% |
| Field View Primary School | B | 61% | 67% |
| Long Knowle Primary School | B | 46% | 66% |
| Trinity CofE Primary Academy | B | 55% | 66% |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy | B | 51% | 66% |
| St Michael's CofE Primary Academy | B | 30% | 66% |
| Wilkinson Primary School | B | 46% | 65% |
| Perry Hall Primary School | B− | 34% | 64% |
| Palmers Cross Primary School | B− | 31% | 64% |
| Woodfield Primary School | B− | 32% | 64% |
| Claregate Primary School | B− | 38% | 63% |
| St Michael's Catholic Primary Academy and Nursery | B− | 34% | 63% |
| St Teresa's Catholic Primary Academy | B− | 53% | 63% |
| Berrybrook Primary School | B− | 64% | 63% |
| Castlecroft Primary School | B− | 29% | 62% |
| Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School | B− | 29% | 62% |
| SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy & Nursery | B− | 39% | 62% |
| Hill Avenue Academy | B− | 44% | 62% |
| Dunstall Hill Primary School | B− | 62% | 61% |
| The Royal School, Wolverhampton | B− | 33% | 61% |
| Wood End Primary School | C+ | 35% | 60% |
| Fallings Park Primary School | C+ | 63% | 60% |
| Wodensfield Primary School | C+ | 41% | 59% |
| Bantock Primary School | C+ | 59% | 59% |
| Bilston Church of England Primary School | C+ | 52% | 58% |
| Eastfield Primary School | C | 62% | 57% |
| SS Mary and John's Catholic Primary Academy | C | 48% | 56% |
| East Park Academy | C | 51% | 56% |
| Springdale Primary School | C | 40% | 56% |
| Corpus Christi Catholic Primary Academy | C− | 51% | 53% |
| Woden Primary School | C− | 56% | 52% |
| Graiseley Primary School | C− | 47% | 51% |
| Stowlawn Primary School | C− | 56% | 51% |
| Warstones Primary School | C− | 43% | 51% |
| St Martin's Church of England Primary School | C− | 55% | 50% |
| Northwood Park Primary School | C− | 51% | 49% |
| St Thomas' Church of England Primary Academy | C− | 33% | 49% |
| Grove Primary Academy | C− | 59% | 48% |
| Bushbury Hill Primary School | D | 70% | 45% |
| Rakegate Primary School | D | 54% | 44% |
| St Alban's Church of England Primary Academy | D | 33% | 44% |
| St Paul's Church of England Aided Primary School | D | 43% | 42% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025434 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.
Girls and boys
Goldthorn Park Primary School’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
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.
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 inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Report card, inspection starting July 2026.
Before the report card: Graded inspection: Good, March 2022.
Living near Goldthorn Park Primary School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in WV4 5, the school’s postcode sector
Wolverhampton property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in WV4 5 sell for well over Wolverhampton’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
23 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Wolverhampton, WV4 5ET
Goldthorn Park Primary School: common questions
Is Goldthorn Park Primary School a good school?
By its published results, above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 66% of England’s primary schools (its letter is B+), with 68% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: a report card in July 2026.
How hard is it to get into Goldthorn Park Primary School?
For September 2026, 34 families put Goldthorn Park Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 38 places were offered in all.
What is Goldthorn Park Primary School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection (July 2026) gave a report card: achievement strong standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.
How much do houses cost near Goldthorn Park Primary School?
Homes in its postcode sector, WV4 5, sold for a median £281,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (329 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; Wolverhampton’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.
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