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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 18 October 2022Graded inspection: Good · as Barcroft Primary School, URN 135081
- 17 November 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns) · as Barcroft Primary School, URN 135081
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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 entry87 applications · 58 places offered · 58 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.5; Walsall median median 1.6
- 2025 1.3; Walsall median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2024 1.5; Walsall median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2023 1.6; 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 1.7; Walsall median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2019 1.7; Walsall median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2018 1.8; Walsall median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 1.6; Walsall median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 1.7; Walsall median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.9; 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 Barcroft Primary School (URN 135081), 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 | 58 | 87 | 1.5 | 58 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 * | 57 | 75 | 1.3 | 54 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2024 * | 49 | 73 | 1.5 | 49 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 47 | 74 | 1.6 | 46 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2022 * | 53 | 73 | 1.4 | 52 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 * | 54 | 77 | 1.4 | 49 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2020 * | 49 | 81 | 1.7 | 49 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 60 | 99 | 1.7 | 64 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2018 * | 60 | 110 | 1.8 | 63 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2017 * | 59 | 95 | 1.6 | 57 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2016 * | 57 | 99 | 1.7 | 52 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2015 * | 60 | 112 | 1.9 | 62 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2014 * | 59 | 101 | 1.7 | 49 | 0.83 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Barcroft AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20221.5applications per place
- 0.6 km · WalsallRemains Good20241.8applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · WalsallRequires improvement20221.5applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · WalsallRemains Good20221.3applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · WalsallRemains Good202233%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · WalsallGood20231.2applications per place
- 1.3 km · WalsallGood20231.4applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · WalsallRemains Good20241.4applications per place 39%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · WalsallStandards maintained20251.4applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 151997 · 335/3329
- Capacity
- 472 pupils · 453 on roll
- Free school meals
- 47.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2025
- Replaced
- Barcroft Primary School (URN 135081)
- Address
- Barcroft, Willenhall, WV13 1NA
- Local authority
- Walsall
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources