Graded inspection · Oct 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Walsall
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | 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 entry99 applications · 73 places offered · 70 named it first
- 2026 1.4; Walsall median median 1.6
- 2025 1.4; Walsall median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2024 1.4; Walsall median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2023 1.5; Walsall median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2022 1.4; Walsall median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2021 1.4; Walsall median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2020 1.4; Walsall median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2019 1.3; Walsall median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2018 1.5; Walsall median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 1.4; Walsall median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 1.3; Walsall median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.3; Walsall median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 1.8; Walsall median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Walsall median
Dashed bars: as Palfrey Infant School (URN 104161), the previous school.
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 | 73 | 99 | 1.4 | 70 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 * | 74 | 100 | 1.4 | 69 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2024 * | 78 | 111 | 1.4 | 78 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 80 | 116 | 1.5 | 77 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 * | 84 | 114 | 1.4 | 81 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2021 * | 90 | 123 | 1.4 | 87 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 * | 90 | 130 | 1.4 | 107 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2019 * | 90 | 120 | 1.3 | 86 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2018 * | 83 | 122 | 1.5 | 83 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 81 | 109 | 1.4 | 79 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 * | 88 | 116 | 1.3 | 88 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 90 | 115 | 1.3 | 90 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 81 | 143 | 1.8 | 82 | 1.01 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Palfrey Infant SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20221.4applications per place
- 0.1 km · Walsall202649%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · WalsallGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · Walsall20261.5applications per place
- 0.8 km · WalsallRequires improvement20231.2applications per place
- 1.0 km · WalsallGood202270%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · WalsallRemains Good20221.6applications per place
- 1.1 km · WalsallGraded · no overall grade20253.0applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · WalsallStandards maintained202570%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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 151660 · 335/2030
- Capacity
- 360 pupils · 310 on roll
- Free school meals
- 37.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 June 2025
- Replaced
- Palfrey Infant School (URN 104161)
- Address
- Bescot Street, Walsall, WS1 4HY
- Local authority
- Walsall
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources