Castlefort Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Walsall
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.429 miles
Published by Walsall Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Castlefort 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.
Castlefort 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 | 2.429 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
- For Reception 2026 the last distance offered was 2.429 miles, the 2nd longest of 23 Walsall primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 0.71 miles.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2024 but nearer than in 2014, with the sharpest swing between 2024 and 2026.
- Reception 2026 drew 27 first-choice applications for 29 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- There are 23.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.3 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
- Castlefort Road, Walsall Wood, Walsall, WS9 9JP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 225 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.5
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, 29 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 John's Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Walsall Wood School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Leighswood School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Millfield Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Francis Catholic Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St James Academy 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cooper and Jordan Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published