St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich
Primary · Voluntary aided 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 🔒
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich is a primary school in Walsall for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 28 February 2024. Walsall has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich 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 applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 45 of the 75 other Walsall primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026, there were 23 first-choice applications for 25 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Reading, writing and maths 2024/25: 72% met the expected standard, highest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 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
- Lichfield Road, Bloxwich, Walsall, WS3 3LY
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 214 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Inspected 28 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils feel safe and valued at St Peter’s Catholic Primary School.”
- “One pupil, reflecting the views of many, commented, ‘Teachers have a smile on their face when we come into school each morning.”
- “Pupils speak highly about the school, the leadership of the headteacher and the adults that work with them.”
To improve
- “Further work is required to help pupils reach higher standards in writing.”
- “A few pupils sometimes find it difficult to follow the school rules.”
- “Pupils’ achievement in writing is not as high as in reading and mathematics.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 April 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) | 72% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 23 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.
- All Saints National Academy 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Elmore Green Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Field Road Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Lower Farm Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sunshine Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Little Bloxwich CofE VC Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Leamore Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rivers Primary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published