Leighswood School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Leighswood School is a primary school in Walsall for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 18 March 2025. Walsall has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Leighswood 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 in 3 of the 5 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 40 first-choice applications for 47 offers (0.9 first choices per offer, 4th lowest of 74 Walsall primary schools); every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 4% 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
- Broadmeadow, Aldridge, Walsall, WS9 8HZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 442 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 18 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending Leighswood School.”
- “They are polite, considerate and caring.”
- “The school has high expectations for all pupils, which they enjoy living up to.”
To improve
- “However, opportunities to develop talents and interests through other extra-curricular activities are more limited.”
- “While some of these approaches, for example, visual timetables, are not being consistently used, where they are, they are having positive impact.”
- “Some of these changes are in their infancy and not yet being used consistently.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 April 2025 (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) | 64% | 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: 40 first-preference applications, 47 offers in total, 40 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.
- Cooper and Jordan Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Castlefort Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Whetstone Field Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Radleys Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Walsall Wood School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Francis Catholic Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published