Pinfold Street Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Wednesbury, Walsall
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Walsall Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2014–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Pinfold Street Primary School is a primary school in Wednesbury, Walsall for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 October 2022. Walsall has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Pinfold Street 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 45 of the 75 other Walsall primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Places ran out in all 3 earlier Reception years with a published outcome, and the last distance swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026, there were 45 first-choice applications for 49 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Reading, writing and maths 2024/25: 44% met the expected standard, lowest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Walsall that have results.
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
- Pinfold Street Extension, Darlaston, Wednesbury, WS10 8PU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 410 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 53.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 19 October 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at Pinfold Street Primary.”
- “They enjoy school, and they work and play well together.”
- “Pupils show respect and care for each other.”
To improve
- “Assessment in some of the other subjects is less well developed.”
- “This means that teachers do not always identify where pupils need extra help or have gaps in their learning.”
- “They know that some teachers with curriculum responsibilities have a lack of knowledge about the early years curriculum and how this relates to their subject.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 December 2022 (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) | 44% | 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: 45 first-preference applications, 49 offers in total, 45 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.
- Old Church Church of England C Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woods Bank Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Darlaston 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Kings Hill Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Moorcroft Wood Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Salisbury Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Giles Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- County Bridge Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published