Alumwell Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Walsall
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Walsall Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Alumwell Infant School is a primary school in Walsall for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 March 2024. Walsall has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Alumwell Infant School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2015 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2014 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 every Reception applicant was offered a place, though places ran out, with a last distance published, in all 4 earlier years, and that distance swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception in 2026, there were 80 first-choice applications for 82 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 41.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against 41.4% as the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Walsall.
- There are 19.9 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Walsall is 21.3.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Walsall schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Primley Avenue, Walsall, WS2 9UP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 267 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils who attend Alumwell Infant School are happy, feel safe and enjoy their learning.”
- “Staff have strong relationships with pupils and want the best for them.”
- “The school’s values of ‘we learn, we grow, we achieve’ are evident through the care given to pupils.”
To improve
- “However, some teachers do not check pupils’ understanding throughout lessons.”
- “This means staff do not always know when pupils are stuck or need more help.”
- “However, there are still too many pupils who are absent and persistently absent from school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 80 first-preference applications, 82 offers in total, 80 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Walsall.
- Alumwell Junior School 0.0 mi Good
- Reedswood E-ACT Academy 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- King Charles Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Birchills Church of England Community Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- County Bridge Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Croft Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bentley West Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published