St James Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
St James Academy is a primary school in Walsall for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Walsall has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
St James 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 | 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 applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 45 of the 75 other Walsall primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception places ran out in each of the 3 earlier years with a published outcome (2014, 2015, 2023), and the last distance swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 27 first-choice applications for 27 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 46.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 30.2% 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
- Great Charles Street, Brownhills, Walsall, WS8 6AE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 220 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 46.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 27 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 27 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 Bernadette's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Millfield Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Watling Street Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Walsall Wood School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brownhills West Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Castlefort Academy 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published