St Giles Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Willenhall, Walsall
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.52 miles
Published by Walsall Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Giles Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Willenhall, Walsall for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 17 April 2024. Walsall has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
St Giles Church of England 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 | 0.52 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
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.52 miles from the school, the 6th shortest of 23 Walsall primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was about the same as in 2015 and in 2014, and stayed close to the year before in every year with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026, there were 75 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 60 offers went to first-choice families, and 15 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- Reading, writing and maths 2024/25: 77% met the expected standard, highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Walsall that have results.
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
- Walsall Street, Willenhall, WV13 2ER
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 449 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 17 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are keen to come to school each day.”
- “They enjoy learning, eager to learn new things in different subjects.”
- “Pupils benefit from a broad curriculum offer.”
To improve
- “However, the school is not rigorous enough in checking that such practice is having the desired effect on pupils’ learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 May 2024 (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: 75 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 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.
- Barcroft Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Fibbersley Park Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- County Bridge Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woods Bank Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Darlaston 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Bentley West Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Short Heath Junior School 1.1 mi School remains Good
- Old Church Church of England C Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published