Park Hall Infant Academy

Park Hall Infant Academy has undergone its first inspection since becoming an academy, resulting in a broadly positive evaluation with an overall effectiveness rating of good. The school demonstrates a notably positive environment where pupils achieve well, especially in reading, writing, and mathematics. Leadership is strong, with parents and staff expressing support for recent changes in leadership and management. However, the early years provision is highlighted as an area needing improvement, particularly in promoting children's language development.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well in key subjects including reading, writing, and mathematics.
• Pupils feel proud of their roles and take responsibilities seriously.
• Positive behavior and a strong sense of safety among pupils.
• Effective identification and support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Strong leadership and management that is responsive to staff and parental feedback.

Areas for Improvement

• Early years provision lacks sufficient opportunities to develop children's language.
• Inconsistencies in phonics teaching negatively affect lower-attaining pupils.
• Variation in curriculum delivery prevents pupils from securely remembering learning in some subjects.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Park Hall Infant Academy attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Park Hall Infant Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Park Hall Infant Academy had 24.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 4.8% of pupils at Park Hall Infant Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Park Hall Infant Academy received £6,615 and spent £6,432 for each of its 302 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £382,000 (£1,267 per pupil).

Across all 2 schools of The Loriners Multi Academy Trust, income was £6,188 and spending £5,806 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Park Hall Infant Academy is part of The Loriners Multi Academy Trust, which runs 2 schools. The nearest others:

• Park Hall Junior Academy Walsall

What is Park Hall Infant Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Park Hall Infant Academy is Good, from an inspection in December 2022.

When was Park Hall Infant Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Park Hall Infant Academy was last inspected in December 2022.

How many pupils does Park Hall Infant Academy have?

Park Hall Infant Academy has 310 pupils on roll.

What age range does Park Hall Infant Academy cover?

Park Hall Infant Academy for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Park Hall Infant Academy?

Park Hall Infant Academy is at Park Hall Road, Walsall, West Midlands, WS5 3HF.