Rivers Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Walsall
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.608 miles
Published by Walsall Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Rivers Primary Academy is a primary school in Walsall for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Walsall has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Rivers Primary 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 | 0.608 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
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.608 miles from the school, the 9th shortest of 23 Walsall primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception last distance in 2026 was nearer the school than in 2015.
- Reception 2026 had 67 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 56 offers went to first-choice families, and 11 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 3 of the 5 years with a published outcome.
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
- Livingstone Road, Blakenall, Walsall, WS3 1LY
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 463 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 51% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 17 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school and feel welcomed and safe from the moment they arrive.”
- “They talk proudly about belonging to Rivers Primary Academy.”
- “Pupils say that everyone is encouraged to do their best.”
To improve
- “Writing is improving, but some pupils still find spelling, punctuation, grammar and neat presentation difficult.”
- “At times, this hinders learning for some pupils.”
- “However, there is more to do to help pupils write accurately and neatly.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 May 2026 (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) | 54% | 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: 67 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 56 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.
- Goldsmith Primary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Little Bloxwich CofE VC Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sunshine Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Michael's Church of England C Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Field Road Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich 0.7 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Leamore Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Christ Church Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published