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Academy sponsor led · Walsall

Reedswood E-ACT Academy

  • 2–11Ages
  • 478Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 138452URN

Bentley Drive, Walsall, WS2 8RX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
close to Walsall median (1.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Walsall

92 applications for 59 places · 37th of 71 in Walsall
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
83%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 27 January 2026Published 19 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementExceptional
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingExceptional
Early yearsStrong standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExceptional
  • 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

  1. 27 January 2026
    Report card · 3 Exceptional, 4 Strong standard
  2. 14 October 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
1.6applications per place, Reception
close to Walsall median (1.6) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

92 applications · 59 places offered · 61 named it first

  1. 2026 1.6; Walsall median median 1.6
  2. 2025 1.5; Walsall median median 1.6
  3. 2024 1.3; Walsall median median 1.7
  4. 2023 1.6; Walsall median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.5; Walsall median median 1.6
  6. 2021 1.5; Walsall median median 1.6
  7. 2020 2.1; Walsall median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.6; Walsall median median 1.7
  9. 2018 1.3; Walsall median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.5; Walsall median median 1.8
  11. 2016 1.4; Walsall median median 1.6
  12. 2015 1.4; Walsall median median 1.6
  13. 2014 1.6; Walsall median median 1.9
More applications per place than the Walsall median in 1 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202659921.6611.03
Sep 202559871.5591.00
Sep 202452681.3500.96
Sep 202351791.6480.94
Sep 202260891.5631.05
Sep 202147681.5430.91
Sep 202032662.1300.94
Sep 201943671.6390.91
Sep 201841531.3350.85
Sep 201752801.5521.00
Sep 201633471.4270.82
Sep 201536491.4361.00
Sep 201442651.6481.14

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 87% · Writing 88% · Maths 93% → all three 83% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard83%3rd of 60 in Walsall
Reading
Expected standard87%
Higher standard50%
Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard88%
Greater depth18%
Maths
Expected standard93%
Higher standard30%
Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Walsall median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2583%15%108108
2023/2483%8%107107
2022/2374%7%104106

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • 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
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
138452 · 335/2010
Trust
E-Act
Capacity
420 pupils · 478 on roll
Free school meals
47.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 2012
Replaced
Bentley Drive Primary School (URN 104164)
Address
Bentley Drive, Walsall, WS2 8RX
Local authority
Walsall

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources