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Lightwoods Primary School, Oldbury B68

Castle Road East, Oldbury, West Midlands B68 9BG

10 simple reasons to choose Lightwoods Primary School

State primary school (sponsor-led academy) in Oldbury.
For pupils aged 4 to 11 years.
Mixed school (about 50%/50%).
Day school.
Not a school of religious character.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Medium sized school with an average of two classes per year.
School not tied to any one senior school.
No fees.

10 better reasons to choose Lightwoods Primary School

Schoolsmith Score®; 68.
One of the best state primary schools in Oldbury and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 1 mile. One of the 10 most oversubscribed state primaries for first preference admissions in the Sandwell LEA.
On average, 29.5 pupils per class and 24.6 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
In the top 27% of schools in the country for attainment in Year 6 SATS exams, over the last 4 years.
School enhances the curriculum with topic based and thematic teaching for some foundation subjects. Forest School for all years.
Out of school hours care from 8.00am to 6.00pm.
School curriculum also includes PSHE, Spanish. The school offers a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Every pupil goes on at least one day trip per year to a museum, art gallery, theatre etc. Adventure and cultural residentials for Years 2 to 6.

Find another school near Lightwoods Primary School

Independent Prep Schools

Norfolk House School, Edgbaston (2.2 miles); The Blue Coat School (2.5 miles); Edgbaston High Preparatory School (2.9 miles).

State Primary Schools

Our Lady and St Hubert's Catholic Primary School, Oldbury (0.3 miles); Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School, Harborne (0.8 miles); Harborne Primary School (1.9 miles).

Independent Senior Schools

Edgbaston High School for Girls (2.9 miles); Mander Portman Woodward Independent College, Birmingham (3.1 miles); St George's School, Edgbaston (3.2 miles).

State Senior Schools

Lordswood Girls' School and Sixth Form Centre (1.4 miles); Shireland Collegiate Academy (1.8 miles); St Paul's School for Girls (2.3 miles).

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