Birchills Church of England Community Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · 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 🔒
Birchills Church of England Community Academy is a primary school in Walsall for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 16 April 2024. Walsall has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Birchills Church of England Community 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 | 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
- In 2026 every Reception applicant was offered a place, as at 45 of the 75 other Walsall primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Places ran out in 1 of the 4 earlier years with a published Reception outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 48 first-choice applications for 51 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 37% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 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
- Farringdon Street, Walsall, WS2 8NF
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 442 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 16 April 2024
Strengths
- “Warm relationships between staff and pupils are at the centre of this caring school.”
- “Strong links between the local community and school help promote the sense of tolerance and respect for all.”
- “However, the curriculum is being successfully redesigned so that all pupils gain the necessary knowledge to build upon their prior learning.”
To improve
- “The school recognises that outcomes have been historically low.”
- “The school is still developing a small number of subjects.”
- “Training, to support staff to deliver these subjects, is recent and it not yet improving what pupils know and can do.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 May 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) | 37% | 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, 51 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.
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Croft Academy 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Reedswood E-ACT Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Butts Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- North Walsall Primary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Alumwell Infant School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Alumwell Junior School 0.7 mi Good
- Blue Coat Church of England Aided Infant School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published