Woods Bank Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Wednesbury, Walsall
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.456 miles
Published by Walsall Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Woods Bank Academy is a primary school in Wednesbury, Walsall for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 9 July 2024. Walsall has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Woods Bank Academy 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 | 0.456 mi |
| 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.456 miles away, the 4th shortest of 23 Walsall primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.71 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2014, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- There were 28 first-choice applications for 30 offers for Reception in 2026; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% 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
- Rough Hay Road, Darlaston, Wednesbury, WS10 8NQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 303 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 66% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 9 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Woods Bank Academy are well behaved, polite, and have good manners.”
- “They form positive relationships with staff and each other.”
- “The school sets high expectations for pupils’ learning and behaviour.”
To improve
- “However, in the early years, staff do not yet communicate well enough with children in order to support their learning.”
- “Some learning activities are not easily accessible, which limits children’s learning.”
- “However, some do not check pupils’ understanding regularly enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 September 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: 28 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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.
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Darlaston 0.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Old Church Church of England C Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Pinfold Street Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Salisbury Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kings Hill Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Giles Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- County Bridge Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Barcroft Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published