Palfrey Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–7 · 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 🔒
Palfrey Infant School is a primary school in Walsall for ages 3–7 (academy converter). Walsall has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Palfrey Infant 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
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place; in 2015, the earlier year with a published outcome, places ran out.
- Reception 2026 drew 70 first-choice applications for 73 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 32.9% of pupils, against a middle figure of 46.8% 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
- Bescot Street, Walsall, WS1 4HY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 310 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 70 first-preference applications, 73 offers in total, 70 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.
- Palfrey Junior School 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Caldmore Primary Academy 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Whitehall Nursery and Infant Academy 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hillary Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Whitehall Junior Community School 0.6 mi Good
- Blue Coat Church of England Aided Infant School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Blue Coat Church of England Aided Junior School 0.8 mi Standards maintained