Woodlands Academy of Learning
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Willenhall, 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 🔒
Woodlands Academy of Learning is a primary school in Willenhall, Walsall for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 March 2023. Walsall has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Woodlands Academy of Learning 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
- Every applicant for a Reception place in 2026 was offered one, as at 45 of the 75 other Walsall primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Places ran out, with a last distance published, in 3 of the 4 earlier Reception years, though every applicant was offered a place in 2026.
- Reception 2026 had 48 first-choice applications for 49 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 69% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), and 3% 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
- Bloxwich Road North, Short Heath, Willenhall, WV12 5PR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 446 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 March 2023
Strengths
- “Woodlands Academy of Learning is a happy and welcoming school where staff care for pupils well.”
- “There is a strong sense of community.”
- “Everyone at the school is valued and included, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
To improve
- “However, last year, significant staff absence delayed some of this work.”
- “As a result, some Year 6 pupils did not achieve well in last year’s key stage 2 tests, in 2022.”
- “However, in a small number of foundation subjects, although leaders have planned an ambitious curriculum, some of the decisions around the ordering of curriculum components do not enable pupils to remember learning in the long term.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 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) | 69% | 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: 48 first-preference applications, 49 offers in total, 48 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.
- New Invention Infant School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- New Invention Learning Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Rosedale Church of England C Infant School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Short Heath Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Beacon Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lodge Farm Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Pool Hayes Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Busill Jones Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published