Academy sponsor led · Walsall

Goldsmith Primary Academy

2–11Ages
482Pupils
PrimaryPhase
138591URN

Goldsmith Road, Harden, WS3 1DL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Nov 2025

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.5per place

close to Walsall median (1.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Walsall

89 applications for 60 places · 51st of 71 in Walsall

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

75%met the expected standard

Walsall 64% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 18 November 2025Published 27 January 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Strong standard
Inclusion	Exceptional
Curriculum and teaching		Strong standard
Achievement		Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour		Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing	Exceptional
Early years		Strong standard
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance	Exceptional

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

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Inspection history

18 November 2025
Report card · 3 Exceptional, 4 Strong standard
2 November 2022
Graded 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 entry

1.5applications per place, Reception

close to Walsall median (1.6) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

89 applications · 60 places offered · 61 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

2026 1.5; Walsall median median 1.6
2025 1.4; Walsall median median 1.6
2024 1.5; Walsall median median 1.7
2023 1.3; Walsall median median 1.8
2022 1.3; Walsall median median 1.6
2021 1.3; Walsall median median 1.6
2020 1.4; Walsall median median 1.7
2019 1.4; Walsall median median 1.7
2018 1.2; Walsall median median 1.8
2017 1.2; Walsall median median 1.8
2016 1.4; Walsall median median 1.6
2015 1.2; Walsall median median 1.6
2014 1.4; Walsall median median 1.9

More applications per place than the Walsall median in 0 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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	60	89	1.5	61	1.02
Sep 2025	54	77	1.4	52	0.96
Sep 2024	51	75	1.5	50	0.98
Sep 2023	46	60	1.3	39	0.85
Sep 2022	42	54	1.3	36	0.86
Sep 2021	50	67	1.3	48	0.96
Sep 2020	49	69	1.4	47	0.96
Sep 2019	50	71	1.4	41	0.82
Sep 2018	53	64	1.2	37	0.70
Sep 2017	41	50	1.2	36	0.88
Sep 2016	45	65	1.4	44	0.98
Sep 2015	45	52	1.2	34	0.76
Sep 2014	38	52	1.4	34	0.89

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 84% · Writing 86% · Maths 77% → all three 75% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard75%11th of 60 in Walsall

Walsall 64% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard84%

Walsall 77% England 78%

Higher standard30%

Walsall 30% England 33%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard86%

Walsall 73% England 75%

Greater depth18%

Walsall 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard77%

Walsall 76% England 77%

Higher standard21%

Walsall 22% England 24%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Walsall median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	75%	9%	105	104
2023/24	75%	0%	105	105
2022/23	74%	3%	107	103

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

Goldsmith Primary AcademyThis school
This school

2025

1.5applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Christ Church Church of England Primary School
0.6 km · Walsall

Good2023

1.6applications per place
Edgar Stammers Primary Academy
0.7 km · Walsall

Good2023

1.4applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
Sunshine Academy
0.7 km · Walsall

Good2021

1.3applications per place
St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School
0.9 km · Walsall

Improved significantly2024

1.7applications per place 88%met the SATs standard
Leamore Primary School
0.9 km · Walsall

2025

2.5applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Rivers Primary Academy
0.9 km · Walsall

2026

1.6applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
Field Road Academy
1.0 km · Walsall

Good2022
Rushall Primary School
1.5 km · Walsall

Remains Good2019

3.0applications per place

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: 138591 · 335/2007
Trust: Windsor Academy Trust
Capacity: 315 pupils · 482 on roll
Free school meals: 65.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 September 2012
Replaced: Harden Primary School (URN 104218)
Address: Goldsmith Road, Harden, WS3 1DL
Local authority: Walsall

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