Blue Coat Church of England Aided Infant School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–7 · 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 🔒
Blue Coat Church of England Aided Infant School is a primary school in Walsall for ages 3–7 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 12 October 2022. Walsall has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Blue Coat Church of England Aided Infant 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 2026 applicant was offered a place, with 74 first-choice applications for 81 offers; 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Its 0.9 first choices per offer for Reception 2026 was the 14th lowest of 74 Walsall primary schools; the admission number for Reception 2027 is 90 places.
- 33.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, below the middle figure of 46.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Walsall.
- There are 25 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.4 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
- Hanch Place, Walsall, WS1 3AF
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 314 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 12 October 2022
Strengths
- “This school is a place where everyone is welcome and appreciated.”
- “Leaders have created an ethos that nurtures each child’s unique qualities.”
- “Pupils say they are happy to come to school.”
To improve
- “However. in some units of work, the key knowledge that leaders want pupils to know and remember is not as clear or is too vast.”
- “As a result, some pupils struggle to remember what leaders want them to in these areas.”
- “In art and design, for example, pupils could name the artist they were studying but not the techniques she used.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 November 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 74 first-preference applications, 81 offers in total, 74 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.
- Blue Coat Church of England Aided Junior School 0.1 mi Standards maintained
- Caldmore Primary Academy 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chuckery Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Whitehall Nursery and Infant Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Whitehall Junior Community School 0.6 mi Good
- Palfrey Infant School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Palfrey Junior School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade