Graded inspection · Jun 2023 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| 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 entry97 applications · 81 places offered · 74 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.2; Walsall median median 1.6
- 2025 1.3; Walsall median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2024 1.3; Walsall median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2023 1.3; Walsall median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2022 1.1; Walsall median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2021 1.2; Walsall median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2020 1.2; Walsall median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2019 1.2; Walsall median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2018 1.1; Walsall median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 1.2; Walsall median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 1.1; Walsall median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.2; Walsall median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; Walsall median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Walsall median
Dashed bars: as Hillary Primary School (URN 131511), 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 | 81 | 97 | 1.2 | 74 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2025 * | 73 | 93 | 1.3 | 72 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2024 * | 73 | 91 | 1.3 | 73 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 77 | 96 | 1.3 | 73 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2022 * | 73 | 83 | 1.1 | 70 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2021 * | 77 | 91 | 1.2 | 70 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2020 * | 82 | 94 | 1.2 | 64 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2019 * | 90 | 105 | 1.2 | 80 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2018 * | 67 | 75 | 1.1 | 56 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2017 * | 76 | 88 | 1.2 | 71 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 * | 69 | 77 | 1.1 | 64 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 * | 69 | 80 | 1.2 | 66 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2014 * | 54 | 89 | 1.7 | 54 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Hillary Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20231.2applications per place
- 0.7 km · Walsall202649%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · WalsallRequires improvement20221.4applications per place
- 1.3 km · WalsallGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Walsall20261.5applications per place
- 1.5 km · SandwellGood20231.9applications per place
- 1.6 km · WalsallGood202353%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · WalsallGood20241.5applications per place
- 1.6 km · Sandwell20262.0applications per place 53%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
- 151662 · 335/2246
- Capacity
- 708 pupils · 675 on roll
- Free school meals
- 41.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 June 2025
- Replaced
- Hillary Primary School (URN 131511)
- Address
- Hillary Street, Pleck, Walsall, WS2 9BP
- Local authority
- Walsall
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources