North Walsall Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Walsall
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.225 miles
Published by Walsall Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
North Walsall Primary Academy is a primary school in Walsall for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 26 June 2024. Walsall has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
North Walsall 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 | 0.225 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 0.225 miles away, the shortest of 23 Walsall primary schools with a published last distance (middle: 0.71 miles).
- The last distance has swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2014 to 2015, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 35 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families (14%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (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
- Derby Street, Walsall, WS2 7BH
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 234 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 26 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at North Walsall Primary Academy and enjoy their lessons.”
- “They feel safe in school and are well cared for.”
- “They know the staff will follow these up sensitively.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes, teachers’ use of assessment is not as effective as it could be in building an accurate picture of pupils’ learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 July 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) | 60% | 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: 35 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Croft Academy 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Butts Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Birchills Church of England Community Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Christ Church Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Edgar Stammers Primary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Reedswood E-ACT Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published