New Invention Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Willenhall, 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 🔒
New Invention Infant School is a primary school in Willenhall, Walsall for ages 3–7 (community school). Walsall has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
New Invention 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, as at 45 of the 75 other Walsall primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception places ran out in 2014 and 2015, when a last distance was published, and the last distance swung between those years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 78 first-choice applications for 81 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 17.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals and there are 22.4 pupils per teacher, against middle figures of 37.5% and 19.2 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Walsall.
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
- Cannock Road, New Invention, Willenhall, WV12 5SA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 320 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 17 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils feel valued, included and cared for at New Invention Infant School.”
- “They learn in a safe and nurturing environment where staff know them well and help them grow in confidence.”
- “Pupils enjoy a broad curriculum and take part in memorable experiences, including visits such as the trip to the aerospace museum.”
To improve
- “However, the teaching of early reading, particularly in early years, lacks consistency, and this slows progress for some pupils.”
- “However, phonics teaching in early years is more variable, and children do not experience the same level of consistency.”
- “Leaders recognise that monitoring the implementation and impact of training needs further development so that improvement is consistent and sustained.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 May 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 78 first-preference applications, 81 offers in total, 78 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.
- New Invention Learning Academy 0.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Woodlands Academy of Learning 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Beacon Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Pool Hayes Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Short Heath Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- Rosedale Church of England C Infant School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Busill Jones Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lodge Farm Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published