Butts Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Walsall
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.628 miles
Published by Walsall Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Butts Primary School is a primary school in Walsall for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 May 2024. Walsall has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Butts Primary 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 | 0.628 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.628 miles from the school, the 10th shortest of 23 Walsall primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further than in 2024 and 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 32 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families and 4 first-choice families (13%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Butts Road, Walsall, WS4 2AH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 241 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 15 May 2024
Strengths
- “Butt’s Primary School is happy and inclusive.”
- “Pupils are proud of their community promise of ‘give and it will be given to you’.”
- “Relationships between pupils and staff are warm and positive.”
To improve
- “However, in other subjects, the curriculum is not as precisely thought out.”
- “The end points that pupils must know throughout their learning are not always clear.”
- “This means that it is more difficult for pupils to build on prior knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 68% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 32 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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.
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Croft Academy 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- North Walsall Primary Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chuckery Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Birchills Church of England Community Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Blue Coat Church of England Aided Junior School 0.7 mi Standards maintained
- Blue Coat Church of England Aided Infant School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Improved significantly Last distance published