Ryders Hayes School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Walsall
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Walsall Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2014–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ryders Hayes School is a primary school in Walsall for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 February 2023. Walsall has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Ryders Hayes 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 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
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026, there were 58 first-choice applications for 58 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in 2 of the 3 earlier years with a published outcome.
- 17.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Walsall is 31.9%.
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
- Gilpin Crescent, Pelsall, Walsall, WS3 4HX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 463 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils with SEND are extremely well supported to fully participate in school life.”
- “Most pupils strive to make the motto come to life.”
- “Pupils are generally happy, polite and caring towards each other.”
To improve
- “Where this is not the case, staff do not consistently follow this up.”
- “However, work in some pupils’ books shows that the same errors are repeated over time.”
- “Work in some books also shows that not all teachers consistently uphold leaders’ ambitions in terms of care of, and pride in, presentation and accuracy.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 May 2023 (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) | 63% | 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: 58 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 58 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.
- Pelsall Village School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Michael's Church of England C Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Little Bloxwich CofE VC Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rushall Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Francis Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Rivers Primary Academy 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lower Farm Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published