Moorcroft Wood Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Walsall
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.246 miles
Published by Walsall Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2014–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Moorcroft Wood Academy is a primary school in Walsall for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Walsall has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Moorcroft Wood 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 | 0.246 mi |
| 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
- Reception 2026: the last child offered a place lived 0.246 miles away, 2nd shortest of the 23 Walsall primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (this one included).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2024 and 2014, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 35 first-choice applications for 30 offers: 29 offers went to first-choice families and 6 first-choice families (17%) were not offered a place.
- 49.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 43.6% 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
- Bull Lane, Bilston, Walsall, WV14 8NE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 260 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 35 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.
- Pinfold Street Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Old Church Church of England C Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kings Hill Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woods Bank Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Darlaston 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Salisbury Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Giles Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- County Bridge Primary School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published