Watling Street Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Watling Street Primary School is a primary school in Walsall for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 15 November 2022. Walsall has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Watling 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, though places ran out in all 4 earlier Reception years with a published outcome.
- For Reception 2026, there were 24 first-choice applications for 25 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 4 of the 39 applications for Reception 2026 (10%) came from families living outside Walsall, and 3 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 57% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% 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
- Watling Street, Brownhills, Walsall, WS8 7LW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 235 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 15 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to belong to the Watling Street community.”
- “There is a shared sense of pride and positivity throughout the school.”
- “School values such as respect, aspiration and resilience are at the heart of every decision made.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, teachers do not check what pupils have remembered precisely enough.”
- “When this happens, teachers do not identify and close the gaps in pupils’ knowledge.”
- “This makes it harder for pupils to understand and retain their new learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 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) | 57% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 24 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 Bernadette's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Brownhills West Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St James Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Millfield Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Walsall Wood School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ryders Hayes School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published