Lower Farm Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Walsall
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.706 miles
Published by Walsall Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lower Farm Primary School is a primary school in Walsall for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 24 April 2024. Walsall has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Lower Farm 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 | 0.706 mi |
| 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
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.706 miles from the school, the 12th longest of 23 Walsall primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2015, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026, there were 63 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 57 offers went to first-choice families, and 6 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 68% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% 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
- Bakewell Close, Bloxwich, Walsall, WS3 3QH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 463 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 24 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and enjoy their lessons at Lower Farm.”
- “Pupils feel safe and well cared for by staff whom they trust.”
- “One pupil commented, ‘Everything about the school is amazing.’”
To improve
- “Occasionally, pupils forget key knowledge from previous lessons.”
- “This hinders their learning slightly.”
- “A few pupils struggle to recall the correct terms in some subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 May 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: 63 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 57 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.
- Little Bloxwich CofE VC Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich 0.6 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- All Saints National Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Rivers Primary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Elmore Green Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Jubilee Academy Mossley 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Pelsall Village School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Field Road Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade