Blackwood School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Sutton Coldfield, Walsall
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.188 miles
Published by Walsall Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Blackwood School is a primary school in Sutton Coldfield, Walsall for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 20 November 2024. Walsall has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Blackwood 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 | 3.188 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
- In 2024/25, 79% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 12% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 3.188 miles away, the longest of 23 Walsall primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 78 first-choice applications for 90 offers; 74 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (5%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 5.5% of pupils, against a middle figure of 12.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Walsall.
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
- Blackwood Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 3PH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 677 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 20 November 2024
Strengths
- “Blackwood School is an inclusive, caring school.”
- “There is a strong sense of belonging to the family of Blackwood.”
- “Staff celebrate the individual talents of pupils, and everyone is challenged to reach their personal best.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, staff’s subject knowledge is not yet consistent across the school.”
- “Consequently, pupil knowledge is less secure in those areas.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 December 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) | 79% | 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: 78 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 74 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 Anne's Catholic Primary School, Streetly 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Manor Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lindens Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Meadow View Academy 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Whetstone Field Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Pheasey Park Farm Primary School and Early Years Centre 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cooper and Jordan Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published