Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery
General Information
- Address: Addenbrooke Road, Smethwick, B67 6HT – View on map
- Phone: 01215581602
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Rebecca Keen
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 65 families put it first for 77 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 77 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 331
- % eligible for free school meals: 48.5%
- Pupil mix: 9 in 10 (more mixed than the Sandwell average)
- English as an additional language: 45% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 20% a year (Sandwell 14%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 44% moved to another school, 56% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Sandwell: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 6 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 4 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Sandwell, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 6.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 21.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- SEN unit for Severe learning difficulties 20 places · 20 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 9.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 35 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 20 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 9 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 17 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 16 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 55% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 1% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 6 percentage points below the Sandwell average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 50% against an expected 61%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 50%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 66% · Writing 75% · Maths 69% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 72%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 105
- Based on: 121 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 60th of 84 junior and primary schools in the area
- =57Tipton Green Junior School57%
- =60Moorlands Primary School55%
- =60Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery55%
- #62Eaton Valley Primary School54%
- =63Hall Green Primary School53%
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51st of 54 primary schools in Sandwell for Ofsted rating
- #49Tividale Community Primary SchoolGood
- #50Tividale Hall Primary SchoolGood
- #51Uplands Manor Primary School and NurseryGood
- #52Victoria Park PrimaryGood
- #53Whitecrest Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,909 (2024-25)
8th of 71 primary schools in Sandwell for spending per pupil
- #6St John's Church of England Primary Academy£8,183
- #7Galton Valley Primary School£8,176
- #8Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery£7,909
- #9Glebefields Primary School£7,780
- #10Annie Lennard Primary School£7,749
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