Wallbrook Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Bilston, Dudley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.67 miles
Published by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Wallbrook Primary Academy is a primary school in Bilston, Dudley for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 October 2023. Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Wallbrook 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 | 0.67 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For 2026 Reception entry, the last child offered a place lived 0.67 miles from the school, the 10th shortest of 39 Dudley primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.98 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was about the same as in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 35 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, so 5 first-choice families (14%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 47% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Dudley.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Dudley schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Off Bradleys Lane, Coseley, Bilston, WV14 8YP
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 263 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 October 2023
Strengths
- “There is always a warm welcome at Wallbrook.”
- “Pupils are proud to attend this school; there is a real sense of acceptance for all.”
- “They come to school smart, feeling safe and ready to learn.”
To improve
- “However, pupils’ handwriting is inconsistent and often untidy.”
- “This prevents pupils from recording their ideas as fluently and accurately as they could.”
- “Pupils’ attendance has improved significantly over the past year, although remains low.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 December 2023 (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) | 47% | 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 Dudley.
- Christ Church CofE Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Foxyards Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Hurst Hill Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Bramford Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Wrens Nest Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Priory Primary School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Queen Victoria Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Chad's Catholic Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published