Whetstone Field Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Walsall
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.77 miles
Published by Walsall Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Whetstone Field 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 4 October 2023. Walsall has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Whetstone Field 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 | 0.77 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
- Reception 2026: the last child offered a place lived 0.77 miles away, 11th longest of the 23 Walsall primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 0.71 miles).
- The Reception 2026 last distance was nearer than in 2024 and 2014, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 33 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (12%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% 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
- Beaufort Way, Aldridge, Walsall, WS9 0HJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 229 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 4 October 2023
Strengths
- “Whetstone Field is a warm and welcoming place to learn.”
- “The school has high ambitions for every pupil, including disadvantaged pupils and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “Staff want all children to flourish.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, some of the key knowledge that pupils are expected to know and remember is not as clear or is too broad.”
- “This means teachers do not always teach the most important knowledge.”
- “As a result, some pupils struggle to remember what the school wants them to learn in these areas.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 November 2023 (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) | 59% | 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: 33 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 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 Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Cooper and Jordan Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leighswood School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Blackwood School 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Streetly 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Radleys Primary School 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Manor Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greenfield Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published