Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Walsall
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Needs attention | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 17 March 2026Report card · 5 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
- 23 November 2021Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry150 applications · 81 places offered · 78 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Walsall median median 1.6
- 2025 2.0; Walsall median median 1.6
- 2024 1.9; Walsall median median 1.7
- 2023 2.1; Walsall median median 1.8
- 2022 2.0; Walsall median median 1.6
- 2021 2.2; Walsall median median 1.6
- 2020 2.5; Walsall median median 1.7
- 2019 2.1; Walsall median median 1.7
- 2018 2.1; Walsall median median 1.8
- 2017 2.2; Walsall median median 1.8
- 2016 2.1; Walsall median median 1.6
- 2015 2.1; Walsall median median 1.6
- 2014 2.3; Walsall median median 1.9
- This school
- Walsall median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 81 | 150 | 1.9 | 78 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 | 77 | 152 | 2.0 | 75 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 82 | 153 | 1.9 | 80 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 87 | 182 | 2.1 | 84 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2022 | 89 | 179 | 2.0 | 83 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 | 90 | 196 | 2.2 | 110 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2020 | 90 | 229 | 2.5 | 116 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2019 | 90 | 187 | 2.1 | 102 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2018 | 90 | 192 | 2.1 | 106 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2017 | 85 | 186 | 2.2 | 95 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2016 | 90 | 185 | 2.1 | 90 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 88 | 185 | 2.1 | 101 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2014 | 89 | 200 | 2.3 | 103 | 1.16 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- New Invention Infant SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.9applications per place
- 0.0 km · Walsall202679%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · WalsallOutstanding20241.5applications per place
- 0.7 km · WalsallGood20231.9applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · WalsallRequires improvement2023
- 1.0 km · Wolverhampton20261.9applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · WolverhamptonGood20231.9applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · WalsallRemains Good202233%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · WolverhamptonGood20231.4applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 104187 · 335/2114
- Capacity
- 270 pupils · 320 on roll
- Free school meals
- 19.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Cannock Road, New Invention, Willenhall, WV12 5SA
- Local authority
- Walsall
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources