Millfield 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
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Millfield Primary School is a primary school in Walsall for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 April 2025. Walsall has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Millfield 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 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 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in all 3 earlier years with a published outcome: 2014, 2015 and 2023.
- Reception 2026 had 19 first-choice applications for 19 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 21st highest of 74 Walsall primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 46.1% of pupils, against a middle figure of 30.2% 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
- Catshill Road, Brownhills, Walsall, WS8 6BN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 217 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 46.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive here because they are happy and know that they are cared for.”
- “Staff know pupils well and put pupils’ best interests at the heart of all they do.”
- “This makes pupils feel safe and nurtured.”
To improve
- “However, occasionally teaching does not ensure that pupils use an efficient pencil grip or form letters correctly.”
- “This hampers some pupils’ fluency when writing.”
- “However, whilst attendance is improving some pupils are persistently absent.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 May 2025 (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) | 77% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 19 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 James Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Walsall Wood School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Watling Street Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Castlefort Academy 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Brownhills West Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published