Pelsall Village 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 🔒
Pelsall Village School is a primary school in Walsall for ages 3–11 (community school). Walsall has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Pelsall Village 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
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in 2015, the 1 earlier year with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 17 first-choice applications for 18 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 18% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 17.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20 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
- Old Town Lane, Pelsall, Walsall, WS3 4NJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 259 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school and typically attend well.”
- “Staff greet pupils each morning with warmth and smiles.”
- “Wellbeing sits at the heart of school life.”
To improve
- “However, pupils do not achieve as well as they should.”
- “Staff do not consistently identify pupils' gaps or misunderstandings quickly enough.”
- “As a result, pupils have gaps in their knowledge and skills.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 June 2026 (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) | 18% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 17 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 Michael's Church of England C Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Ryders Hayes School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Little Bloxwich CofE VC Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rivers Primary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rushall Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lower Farm Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Francis Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Greenfield Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published