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Schools across Walsall

Local authority · 134 schools across 8 towns

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Year 7 applications for September 2027 close in 5 days

Deadline Saturday 31 October 2026. Apply to Walsall (the council where you live). Offers on 1 March.

Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days

Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Walsall (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.

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Schools in Walsall (134)

Showing 20 of 134 schools

Total Schools

134

85 primary · 19 secondary

Total Pupils

54,211

100% capacity used

Ofsted Rated

32

3 outstanding · 29 good

Capacity

54,297

86 spare places

Ofsted Ratings

29
102
Outstanding: 3
Good: 29
Not inspected: 102

Best Schools in Walsall

View the full league table - ranked by Ofsted, Progress 8, KS2 results and more

Area Performance (2026)

Attainment 8

43.2

GCSE Eng+Maths

42.3%

School Capacity

Primary Schools

97% full
28,059 pupils28,842 capacity

783 spare places

Secondary Schools

104% full
21,609 pupils20,806 capacity

803 over capacity

Pupil Absence

Avg Overall Absence

6.9%

2024/25

Avg Persistent Absence

19.5%

2024/25

Schools Reporting

90

2024/25

Absence trend across Walsall schools

4.8%
18/19
5.5%
20/21
7.5%
21/22
7.8%
22/23
7.3%
23/24
6.9%
24/25

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Average across all open schools in this LA.

EHCP Timeliness

Issued Within 20 Weeks

96%

Plans Issued

301

Assessment Requests

995

Tribunal Cases

30

EHCP timeliness trend (% issued within 20 weeks)

5%
2019
20%
2020
36%
2021
9%
2022
60%
2023
84%
2024
96%
2025

Source: DfE EHCP timeliness statistics. Shows how quickly this LA issues Education, Health and Care Plans.

Admission Appeals

2026 admission appeals by school phase

Primary

4,735 admissions

44

Lodged

(0.9%)

30

Heard

1

Successful

(3%)

Primary (infant classes)

3,675 admissions

40

Lodged

(1.1%)

26

Heard

0

Successful

(0%)

Secondary

4,487 admissions

380

Lodged

(8.5%)

339

Heard

56

Successful

(17%)

Total

9,222 admissions

424

Lodged

(4.6%)

369

Heard

57

Successful

(15%)

Total appeals lodged per year

1287
2019
1328
2020
839
2021
889
2022
779
2023
1133
2024
967
2025
888
2026

Source: DfE admission appeals statistics. Shows how competitive school places are in this area.

Towns in Walsall

Walsall

99 schools

Willenhall

16 schools

Wednesbury

8 schools

Sutton Coldfield

5 schools

WALSALL

2 schools

Birmingham

2 schools

Potters Bar

1 schools

Harden

1 schools

Questions parents ask about schools in Walsall

How many schools are there in Walsall?

Walsall has 134 open schools: 85 state primary, 21 state secondary or all-through, 6 independent, 12 special and 10 others.

Source: DfE Get Information About Schools

Which schools in Walsall are rated Outstanding?

15 schools in Walsall were rated Outstanding at their most recent graded Ofsted inspection: Cherry Tree School; Fullbrook Nursery School; St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Darlaston; Queen Mary's Grammar School; Queen Mary's High School; and 10 more. Counting Good as well, 93% of the 97 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.

Cherry Tree SchoolFullbrook Nursery SchoolSt Joseph's Catholic Primary School, DarlastonQueen Mary's Grammar SchoolQueen Mary's High School

Source: Ofsted

Which secondary schools in Walsall get the best GCSE results?

Of the 20 schools in Walsall with 2026 GCSE results, the highest Attainment 8 scores - the average grade across a pupil's best eight GCSEs - were at Queen Mary's High School (selective grammar), with an Attainment 8 score of 74.1 and 96% passing English and maths at grade 5 or above; Queen Mary's Grammar School (selective grammar), with an Attainment 8 score of 72.6 and 94% passing English and maths at grade 5 or above; and St Francis of Assisi Catholic College, with an Attainment 8 score of 53 and 56% passing English and maths at grade 5 or above. Selective schools admit by ability, so their raw results are not a like-for-like comparison with comprehensives. Progress 8, the DfE's value-added measure, was not published for 2026.

Queen Mary's High SchoolQueen Mary's Grammar SchoolSt Francis of Assisi Catholic College

Source: DfE school performance data

Which primary schools in Walsall have the best SATs results?

Of the 61 primary schools in Walsall with 2025 Key Stage 2 results, the highest shares of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading and maths were at St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Streetly (100% in reading, 100% in maths); St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School (93% in reading, 97% in maths); and St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School (93% in reading, 95% 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.

St Anne's Catholic Primary School, StreetlySt Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary SchoolSt Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School

Source: DfE school performance data

Are there grammar schools in Walsall?

Yes. Queen Mary's Grammar School and Queen Mary's High School are state grammar schools in Walsall. Grammar schools admit pupils by ability through an entrance test, usually sat at the start of Year 6.

Queen Mary's Grammar SchoolQueen Mary's High School

Source: DfE Get Information About Schools

Do schools in Walsall have catchment areas?

Most state schools in Walsall have no fixed catchment boundary. When a school is oversubscribed, Walsall 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 Walsall?

Apply to Walsall 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.

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