Living in Oldbury with children
Oldbury, Sandwell. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 45,188 people in 17,656 households; 33.6% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
24 schools: 19 state primary, 5 state secondaryOldbury on the schools map →Every school in Oldbury, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (19)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Langley Primary School | School remains Good | Top 6% (5/86) in Sandwell | — |
| Grace Mary Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 9% (7/86) in Sandwell | 0.526 miles (2026) |
| Moat Farm Junior School | Ofsted report card | Top 10% (8/86) in Sandwell | — |
| Brandhall Primary School | School remains Good | Top 18% (15/86) in Sandwell | — |
| St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School | Good | Top 24% (20/86) in Sandwell | — |
| Oakham Primary School | Good | Top 33% (28/86) in Sandwell | 0.661 miles (2026) |
| Lightwoods Primary Academy | Good | Top 47% (40/86) in Sandwell | 0.778 miles (2026) |
| Tividale Community Primary School | Good | (44/86) in Sandwell | — |
| Perryfields Primary School | Ofsted report card | (46/86) in Sandwell | — |
| Burnt Tree Primary School | Good | (51/86) in Sandwell | — |
| St James CofE Primary School | Ofsted report card | (52/86) in Sandwell | 0.417 miles (2026) |
| Tividale Hall Primary School | Standards maintained | (53/86) in Sandwell | — |
| Causeway Green Primary School | Ofsted report card | (56/86) in Sandwell | — |
| Christ Church Church of England Primary School | Inadequate | (63/86) in Sandwell | — |
| Rounds Green Primary School | Good | (70/86) in Sandwell | — |
| Our Lady and St Hubert's Catholic Primary School | Good | (72/86) in Sandwell | — |
| Rood End Primary School | Requires improvement | (75/86) in Sandwell | — |
| Bleakhouse Primary School | Good | (79/86) in Sandwell | — |
| Moat Farm Infant School | Ofsted report card | — | — |
State secondary schools (5)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristnall Hall Academy | Outstanding | 1st (1/19) in Sandwell | 0.818 miles (2026) |
| Q3 Academy Langley | Improved significantly | Top 11% (2/19) in Sandwell | 1.171 miles (2026) |
| Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy | School remains Good | Top 37% (7/19) in Sandwell | — |
| Perryfields Academy | School remains Good (Concerns) | (11/19) in Sandwell | — |
| Oldbury Academy | Good | (15/19) in Sandwell | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (26 detached, 144 semi-detached, 87 terraced, 21 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Oldbury. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Oldbury →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 97% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 100%, on average across the 1,137 postcodes in B68, B69. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 1 outstanding; 12 good, or expected standard; 1 requires improvement; 1 inadequate, or safeguarding not met; 3 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.88 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 17 in Sandwell · 1 in Sandwell.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 19 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Sandwell
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Sandwell.
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