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Walsall Wood School

Primary Ages 3-11 231 pupils Walsall
Ofsted: Good
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Walsall Wood School is an academy converter in Walsall for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 231 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Walsall Wood School is Good, from an inspection in October 2022 of its predecessor, Walsall Wood School. In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: February 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Brownhills Road
Brownhills
Walsall
West Midlands
WS8 7BP
Phone 01543452664
Reference Number 150384

General Makeup

Number of pupils 231
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.35%
Girls: 50.65%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 30.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 2.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 27.4
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28.7

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 19 11 30
2 14 15 29
3 14 15 29
4 16 11 27
5 16 14 30
6 11 19 30

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 73.2%
Indian 8.2%
White & Black (Caribbean) 6.9%
White & Asian 2.2%
Mixed, Other 2.2%
White, Other 1.7%
African 1.7%
Caribbean 1.7%
Asian, Other 0.4%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Walsall Wood School, inspected in October 2022.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
06 Feb 2024 Academy conversion letter

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 77%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 20%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 106
Maths 106
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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 22 2
Third Preference 12 0
From another Local Authority 3 0

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Walsall Wood School had 207 pupils for 210 places. 3 places (1.4%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Primary Planning Area 10” planning area

Walsall counted 101 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 103 in 2029–30, up 2%.

20242025
Places 210210
Pupils 208207
Unfilled 1.0%1.4%

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 Walsall Wood School attended 94.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2025
Authorised absence 3.8%
Unauthorised absence 1.4%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%

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 Walsall Wood School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.0
Permanent exclusions 0

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 Walsall Wood School had 17.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20252026
Pupils per adult 9.910.0
Teachers who left state teaching 8.5%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 35.7%–
Sick days per teacher 0.9–

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, 12.6% of pupils at Walsall Wood School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 18 1
Specific learning difficulty 4 2
Moderate learning difficulty 3 1
Social, emotional and mental health 3 1
Severe learning difficulty 0 2
Autistic spectrum disorder 1 0
Physical disability 0 1

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 Walsall Wood School received £7,593 and spent £7,610 for each of its 228 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £282,000 (£1,236 per pupil).

Across all 4 schools of St Martin'S Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,729 and spending £7,857 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2025
Revenue reserve £282,000
per pupil £1,236
In-year balance -£4,000
per pupil -£17

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.

Name Distance
St John's Church of England Primary School
Brook Lane, Walsall Wood, Walsall, West Midlands, WS9 9NA
0.35 miles
Castlefort Academy
Castlefort Road, Walsall Wood, Walsall, West Midlands, WS9 9JP
0.47 miles
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School
Church Street, Clayhanger, Brownhills, Walsall, West Midlands, WS8 7EG
0.78 miles
Millfield Primary School
Catshill Road, Brownhills, Walsall, West Midlands, WS8 6BN
0.82 miles
Ogley Hay Nursery School
Brickiln Street, Walsall, WS8 6AU
1.01 miles
St James Academy
Great Charles Street, Brownhills, Walsall, West Midlands, WS8 6AE
1.11 miles
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School
Narrow Lane, Brownhills, Walsall, West Midlands, WS8 6HX
1.36 miles
Leighswood School
Broadmeadow, Aldridge, Walsall, West Midlands, WS9 8HZ
1.41 miles
St Peter's Church of England Primary Academy
Main Street, Stonnall, Walsall, West Midlands, WS9 9EE
1.43 miles
St Francis Catholic Primary School
Mill Road, Shelfield, Walsall, West Midlands, WS4 1RH
1.46 miles
Ryders Hayes School
Gilpin Crescent, Pelsall, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 4HX
1.65 miles
Watling Street Primary School
Watling Street, Brownhills, Walsall, West Midlands, WS8 7LW
1.74 miles
Greenfield Primary School
Coalheath Lane, Shelfield, Walsall, West Midlands, WS4 1PL
1.76 miles
Radleys Primary School
Kings Road, Rushall, Walsall, West Midlands, WS4 1JJ
1.9 miles
Rushall Primary School
Pelsall Lane, Walsall, WS4 1NG
1.92 miles
Pelsall Village School
Old Town Lane, Pelsall, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 4NJ
1.96 miles
St Michael's Church of England C Primary School
Maple Road, Pelsall, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 4JJ
2.01 miles
Cooper and Jordan Church of England Primary School
The Green, Aldridge, Walsall, West Midlands, WS9 8NH
2.04 miles
Brownhills West Primary School
Shannon Drive, Brownhills, Walsall, West Midlands, WS8 7LA
2.08 miles
St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School
Weston Crescent, Aldridge, Walsall, West Midlands, WS9 0HA
2.34 miles
Name Distance
Shire Oak Academy
Lichfield Road, Walsall Wood, Walsall, West Midlands, WS9 9PA
0.3 miles
Oakwood School
Druids Walk, Walsall Wood, Walsall, West Midlands, WS9 9JS
0.34 miles
Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy
Broad Way, High Heath, Pelsall, Walsall, West Midlands, WS4 1BW
1.15 miles
Brownhills Ormiston Academy
Deakin Avenue, Brownhills, Walsall, West Midlands, WS8 7QG
1.58 miles
Aldridge School - A Science College
Tynings Lane, Aldridge, Walsall, West Midlands, WS9 0BG
2.36 miles
Elmwood School
King George Crescent, Rushall, Walsall, West Midlands, WS4 1EG
2.37 miles
St Francis of Assisi Catholic College
Erdington Road, Aldridge, Walsall, West Midlands, WS9 0RN
2.37 miles
Erasmus Darwin Academy
Pool Road, Burntwood, Staffordshire, WS7 3QW
2.54 miles
Walsall Academy
Lichfield Road, Bloxwich, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 3LX
3.09 miles
Ryecroft School
Kent Street, Walsall, WS2 7AN
3.4 miles
Hydesville Tower School
25, Broadway North, Walsall, W. Midlands, WS1 2QG
3.55 miles
Chase Terrace Academy
Bridge Cross Road, Chase Terrace, Burntwood, Staffordshire, WS7 2DB
3.56 miles
Queen Mary's High School
Upper Forster Street, Walsall, West Midlands, WS4 2AE
3.58 miles
Castle School
Odell Road, Leamore, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 2ED
3.6 miles
Norton Canes High School
Burntwood Road, Norton Canes, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 9SP
3.66 miles
Shenstone Lodge School
Birmingham Road, Shenstone, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS14 0LB
3.76 miles
Walsall College
WISEMORE CAMPUS, LITTLETON STREET WEST, WALSALL, WEST MIDLANDS, WS2 8ES
3.78 miles
West Midlands Education and Skills
Blue Lane East, Walsall, WS2 8HN
3.86 miles
Bloxwich Academy
Leamore Lane, Bloxwich, Walsall, West Midlands, WS2 7NR
4.07 miles
Blue Coat Church of England Academy
Birmingham Street, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 2ND
4.08 miles

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Walsall Wood School is part of St Martin'S Multi Academy Trust, which runs 4 schools. The nearest others:

What is Walsall Wood School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Walsall Wood School is Good, from an inspection in October 2022 of its predecessor, Walsall Wood School.

When was Walsall Wood School last inspected by Ofsted?

Walsall Wood School was last inspected in February 2024.

How many pupils does Walsall Wood School have?

Walsall Wood School has 231 pupils on roll.

What age range does Walsall Wood School cover?

Walsall Wood School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Walsall Wood School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Walsall Wood School?

Walsall Wood School is at Brownhills Road, Brownhills, Walsall, West Midlands, WS8 7BP.

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