Best Schools in Willenhall

How many schools are there in Willenhall?

Willenhall has 17 open schools: 11 state primary, 3 state secondary or all-through, 1 independent and 2 others.

Source: DfE Get Information About Schools

Which schools in Willenhall are rated Outstanding?

1 school in Willenhall was rated Outstanding at its most recent graded Ofsted inspection: Lane Head Nursery School. Counting Good as well, 92% of the 13 graded schools here are rated Good or better. Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall grades in September 2024, so these are the grades from each school's last full inspection.

Lane Head Nursery School

Source: Ofsted

Which secondary schools in Willenhall get the best GCSE results?

Of the 3 schools in Willenhall with 2026 GCSE results, the highest Attainment 8 scores - the average grade across a pupil's best eight GCSEs - were at St Thomas More Catholic School, Willenhall, with an Attainment 8 score of 40.7 and 36% passing English and maths at grade 5 or above; Pool Hayes Academy, with an Attainment 8 score of 36.8 and 23% passing English and maths at grade 5 or above; and Willenhall E-ACT Academy, with an Attainment 8 score of 32.7 and 21% passing English and maths at grade 5 or above. Progress 8, the DfE's value-added measure, was not published for 2026.

St Thomas More Catholic School, WillenhallPool Hayes AcademyWillenhall E-ACT Academy

Source: DfE school performance data

Which primary schools in Willenhall have the best SATs results?

Of the 7 primary schools in Willenhall with 2025 Key Stage 2 results, the highest shares of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading and maths were at New Invention Learning Academy (85% in reading, 90% in maths); Stow Heath Primary School (85% in reading, 88% in maths); and St Giles Church of England Primary School (84% in reading, 84% in maths). Small schools can swing a long way from one year to the next, because each pupil is a large share of the result.

New Invention Learning AcademyStow Heath Primary SchoolSt Giles Church of England Primary School

Source: DfE school performance data

Are there grammar schools in Willenhall?

No. None of the state secondary schools in Willenhall selects pupils by ability, so every state secondary here is comprehensive.

Source: DfE Get Information About Schools

Do schools in Willenhall have catchment areas?

Most state schools in Willenhall have no fixed catchment boundary. When a school is oversubscribed, the council allocates places on its published criteria - usually looked-after children first, then siblings, then home-to-school distance - so the practical cut-off moves each year. Each school's page here shows an estimate of its catchment radius.

How do I apply for a school place in Willenhall?

Apply to your council - Walsall or Wolverhampton, depending on your address - through its coordinated admissions process, even for academies and faith schools. In England the closing date is 31 October for secondary places and 15 January for primary places, in the year before your child starts. Independent schools run their own admissions, so apply to those directly.