Elmore Green Primary School, Walsall
Elmore Green Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Walsall. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in January 2019. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in April 2024 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 44th-highest of the 51 schools in Walsall with published results, and 12,729th of 14,452 across England. It was full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Below England average
- Ofsted
- Good (2019)
- Demand
- Oversubscribed
- Attendance
- Below England average
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.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Elmore Green Primary School in detail
Elmore Green Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "At Elmore Green Primary School, we believe that learning is limitless and we encourage our pupils to make every moment count both in school and beyond. It is a primary aim of our school that every member of the school community feels valued and respected, and that each person is treated fairly and well."
From the headteacher's welcome: "Elmore Green Primary School is a lively exciting place where children and adults work hard and enjoy learning. It is a place that I am proud to be Headteacher of."
Vision and values (school website)Headteacher's welcome (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils at Elmore Green Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 59% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 74% in Walsall and 77% and 75% across England.
Results fell from 72% in reading and 65% in maths in 2024.
Getting a place at Elmore Green Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 45 families put Elmore Green Primary School as their first choice and 68 named it as one of their preferences, for 45 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. 3 families who put it first were not offered a place there.
Admissions history and your chances at Elmore Green Primary School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Elmore Green Primary School are All Saints National Academy (0.2 miles, Good, 58% reading, 44% maths); St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich (0.4 miles, Good, 90% reading, 83% maths); Busill Jones Primary School (0.5 miles, Requires improvement, 64% reading, 64% maths); and Field Road Academy (0.5 miles).
Elmore Green Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.
All Saints National AcademySt Peter's Catholic Primary School, BloxwichBusill Jones Primary SchoolField Road Academy
Who goes there
45.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 8.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
The largest ethnic groups are White British (76%), Mixed (7%) and Asian (6%).
In 2026, 75 pupils (23.9%) received SEN support and 12 (3.8%) 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.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Bloxwich Rail Station, about 250 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).
16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Central Drive (after), 180 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Elmore Green Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
Suspensions and exclusions
Elmore Green Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Elmore Green Primary School are Bloxwich Academy (0.6 miles) and Walsall Academy (0.6 miles).
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 3 years agoThis judgement is from January 2019, 7 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Latest (ungraded) inspection: The school remains Good.
Ofsted Insights
From Ofsted's April 2024 inspection report.
What This School Does Well
Elmore Green Primary School creates a welcoming, family-like environment where your child will feel cared for and valued. The school prioritises reading and provides a well-rounded education with excellent enrichment opportunities. Your child will benefit from strong teaching, high expectations and inclusive support for all learners, including those with additional needs.
Key Strengths
- Reading is a top priority with structured phonics lessons and a love of reading promoted through high-quality texts and regular library visits
- Well-mapped curriculum with clear knowledge, skills and vocabulary that builds progressively from Reception through the school
- Pupils with SEND are accurately identified and fully included in lessons with appropriate support to access the same learning as peers
- Strong staff morale and well-being support, with leaders actively reducing workload so teachers can focus on teaching
- Wide range of enrichment activities including after-school clubs in sign language, multi-sports and drama, plus trips and residential visits
Areas for Improvement
- Subject leaders in some curriculum areas have not been given sufficient time to monitor teaching and identify what is working well or needs development
- Inconsistencies in how the curriculum is taught in some subjects because effective checks are not being made on delivery
- Curriculum does not sufficiently develop pupils' knowledge and understanding of different faiths and cultures, leaving this knowledge limited
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective with strong emphasis on pupil safety, wellbeing and an open culture that puts pupils' interests first.
Extracurricular Activities
Sign language club, multi-sports club, drama club, local library visits, trips to local attractions and London, residential visits, breakfast club, after-school club
Elmore Green Primary School continues to be a good school with a family feel where pupils feel safe, valued and enjoy strong positive relationships with staff and peers. The school has high expectations for all pupils and is constantly looking for ways to improve education further.
At a Glance
45.2%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 72% to 63% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 65% to 59% (2024 to 2025). Writing has declined from 70% to 61% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
30.0
Avg class size
29.7
Infant (KS1)
30.2
KS2
9
Total classes
2 classes with more than 30 pupils
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Elmore Green Primary School
Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Elmore Green Primary School.
- Premier Education- All Saints380m away · Not yet graded
Term dates
Elmore Green Primary School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Walsall. Training (INSET) days, when pupils are not in school, vary by school: check the school's own calendar.
2026 to 2027
- Autumn term: Tuesday 1 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026)
- Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027)
- Summer term: Monday 12 April to Wednesday 21 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027)
2027 to 2028
- Autumn term: Thursday 2 September to Friday 17 December 2027 (half term Monday 25 October to Friday 29 October 2027)
- Spring term: Tuesday 4 January to Friday 7 April 2028 (half term Monday 14 February to Friday 18 February 2028)
- Summer term: Monday 24 April to Friday 21 July 2028 (half term Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028)
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Elmore Green Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Elmore Green Primary School is in Walsall; for families living there:
Apply to Walsall for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 63
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 10
- Children hurt
- 16
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 63 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 10 serious and 53 slight.
16 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 7 on foot, 3 on a bicycle and 6 in a vehicle or otherwise.
17 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Walsall is 20.5 (the median across 134 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
100%
Full
315 pupils
315 places
No spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Walsall
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Walsall
Across Walsall council
Places available
3,855
Applications
3,340
Got 1st preference
93.8%
Got preferred school
98.3%
All primary applications across Walsall council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Oversubscribed
Inspection History(7)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
75
SEN Support
12
EHC Plans
27.7%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
314
Total Pupils
158
Boys
156
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
18
Teachers
17.4:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£50,096
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£6,029
Per pupil
£2215k
Total funding
£206k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
6.7%
Overall absence
21.9%
Persistent absence
278
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Elmore Green Primary School
Questions parents ask about Elmore Green Primary School
What are SATs results like at Elmore Green Primary School?
Of the pupils at Elmore Green Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 63% reached the expected standard in reading and 59% did so in maths.
What is Elmore Green Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Elmore Green Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in April 2024, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in January 2019, it was rated Good.
What is the catchment area for Elmore Green Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Elmore Green Primary School is oversubscribed, Walsall allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Elmore Green Primary School?
Elmore Green Primary School was full in 2025, at 100% of its capacity, so places are allocated on the oversubscription criteria.
How big are the classes at Elmore Green Primary School?
Classes at Elmore Green Primary School average 30 pupils (2025/26). 2 classes have more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.
How many pupils go to Elmore Green Primary School?
Elmore Green Primary School has around 314 pupils on roll. 45% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Elmore Green Primary School?
6.7% of sessions were missed at Elmore Green Primary School in 2024/25. 21.9% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Elmore Green Primary School?
Apply through Walsall's coordinated admissions process, naming Elmore Green Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does Elmore Green Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club within a kilometre of Elmore Green Primary School: Premier Education- All Saints (380m away, registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.
What are Elmore Green Primary School's term dates?
Elmore Green Primary School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Walsall. In 2026 to 2027: Autumn term: Tuesday 1 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026); Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027); Summer term: Monday 12 April to Wednesday 21 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027). In 2027 to 2028: Autumn term: Thursday 2 September to Friday 17 December 2027 (half term Monday 25 October to Friday 29 October 2027); Spring term: Tuesday 4 January to Friday 7 April 2028 (half term Monday 14 February to Friday 18 February 2028); Summer term: Monday 24 April to Friday 21 July 2028 (half term Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028).
How many road collisions happen near Elmore Green Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 63 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 10 serious and 53 slight. 16 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 7 on foot, 3 on a bicycle and 6 in a vehicle or otherwise. 17 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Walsall is 20.5 (the median across 134 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Elmore Green Primary School?
Elmore Green Primary School is at Elmore Green Road, Bloxwich, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 2HW.
Sources: Walsall term dates; Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)