Busill Jones Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Busill Jones Primary School is a primary school in Walsall for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Walsall has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Busill Jones Primary School 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 2024/25, 59% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in 1 of the 4 earlier years.
- Reception 2026 had 21 first-choice applications for 21 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 47.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Walsall is 47.5%.
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
- Ashley Road, Bloxwich, Walsall, WS3 2QF
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 235 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 14 April 2026
Strengths
- “There are high expectations of pupils to ‘be positive, be respectful and be your best'.”
- “This vision is being lived out throughout the school.”
- “Pupils enjoy learning a wide range of subjects.”
To improve
- “However, the most significant barrier to learning is that some pupils do not attend regularly enough.”
- “While leaders have suitable strategies in place to improve these pupils’ attendance they are yet to bear fruit.”
- “Historically, pupils have not achieved as well as they should have in national tests in key stage 2.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 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) | 59% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 21 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.
- Jubilee Academy Mossley 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Elmore Green Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- All Saints National Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Abbey Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beacon Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich 0.8 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Woodlands Academy of Learning 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Field Road Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade