Edgar Stammers Primary Academy, Walsall

Ofsted's report card from its 22 September 2026 inspection grades Edgar Stammers Primary Academy on 7 areas: 7 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Needs attention. "Pupils make progress through the curriculum and their outcomes in some subjects are close to national averages."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Leaders take a variety of appropriate actions to improve pupils' attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Leaders ensure that pupils are taught a range of subjects."

Early years - Needs attention. "Leaders identify the knowledge that pupils are expected to learn in the early years."

Inclusion - Needs attention. "Leaders have made changes to improve the school's inclusive practice."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "The new leadership team are beginning to make a positive difference to the school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Needs attention. "Pupils learn a range of important topics in relationships and sex education and health education."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that pupils' needs are identified accurately. They should take a graduated approach, which means that pupils' needs are generally met"; "Leaders should ensure that staff have the necessary expertise to set tasks that meet pupils' differing needs and abilities. They should also develop staff's ability to check pupils' understanding routinely and address gaps in learning promptly so that pupils achieve well"; "Leaders should continue to analyse pattens of attendance and improve the impact of their work to ensure that pupils attend school regularly"; "Leaders should ensure that the personal development curriculum develops pupils' knowledge so that they gain a deeper understanding of themes and concepts about life in modern Britain"; "Leaders should ensure that more children in the early years make progress from their starting points through a well-matched curriculum so that they are ready for their next steps"; "Leaders new to their roles should continue to develop and implement strategies to secure improvement at the school".

In its own words: "Each academy within Greenheart Learning Partnership has a shared Vision and Ethos, however each academy is unique and its application of this vision and ethos uniquely reflects the community it serves. Edgar Stammers Primary Academy is a nurturing and caring school, based in the Coalpool area of Walsall, where everyone is made to feel welcome."

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils at Edgar Stammers Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 70% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 74% in Walsall and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 64% in reading and 68% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 19 families put Edgar Stammers Primary Academy as their first choice and 39 named it as one of their preferences, for 28 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Edgar Stammers Primary Academy are St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles, Good, 93% reading, 95% maths); Goldsmith Primary Academy (0.4 miles, Good, 84% reading, 77% maths); Christ Church Church of England Primary School (0.7 miles); and North Walsall Primary Academy (0.8 miles, Good, 77% reading, 73% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Edgar Stammers Primary Academy.

Edgar Stammers Primary Academy is one of 10 schools run by Greenheart Learning Partnership, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

64.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 78 pupils (23.8%) received SEN support and 9 (2.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Walsall Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.

16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Shakespeare Crescent (adjacent), 110 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Edgar Stammers Primary Academy stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Edgar Stammers Primary Academy issued 58 suspensions, 15.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Edgar Stammers Primary Academy are Queen Mary's High School (1.2 miles) and Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy (1.6 miles).