St Francis Catholic Primary School
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 Francis Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Walsall for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 1 March 2022. Walsall has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
St Francis Catholic 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
- Every applicant was offered a place for Reception 2026, as at 45 of the 75 other Walsall primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 22 first-choice applications for 26 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the 3rd lowest of 74 Walsall primary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a place for Reception 2026, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Mill Road, Shelfield, Walsall, WS4 1RH
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 207 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 1 March 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to St Francis.”
- “They describe their school as a caring, compassionate and welcoming place to learn.”
- “Pupils feel that they belong because staff know them well and understand their individual needs.”
To improve
- “Across the wider curriculum, tasks are not always matched precisely to pupils’ differing abilities and this leads to some variation in progress.”
- “Attendance is lower for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “Sometimes, across the wider curriculum, teaching does not consistently meet pupils needs.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 September 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) | 67% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 22 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.
- Greenfield Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rushall Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Radleys Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Michael's Church of England C Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Pelsall Village School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Edgar Stammers Primary Academy 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Ryders Hayes School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published