Cape Primary SchoolElm Tree Primary Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Cape Primary School and Elm Tree Primary Academy.

Cape Primary School was judged Good and Elm Tree Primary Academy was judged the expected standard.
The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Cape Primary School (53.0% in 2022-23, 47.0% in 2024-25).

Cape Primary School versus Elm Tree Primary Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	SmethwickCape Primary School	WednesburyElm Tree Primary Academy	England average
Overview
Our score	D52/100	Not scored
Local ranking	58th of 91 in Sandwell	Not ranked
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community school	Free schools special
Phase	Primary	Not reported
Age range	3-11	4-11
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	549	88
Capacity	540	126
Location	Smethwick, B66 4SH	Wednesbury, WS10 0TB
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard	47.0%	Not reported	62.0%
At higher standard	0.0%	Not reported	8.0%
Reading average scaled score	102.0	Not reported	106.0
Maths average scaled score	100.0	Not reported	105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census	549	88
Free school meals (ever 6)	45.7%	44.3%
English as an additional language	55.2%	8.0%
SEN support	14.9%	0.0%
SEN with an EHC plan	3.8%	100.0%
Attendance
Overall absence	5.2% Stronger figure	9.4%	6.2%
Persistent absence	14.7% Stronger figure	21.3%	15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.