Hillary Primary School, Walsall

From the headteacher's welcome: "Hillary Primary school is a special place where many communities come together as one. We have one common goal, the success of all our pupils."

Hillary Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2025, under its previous registration (URN 131511), 73% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 75% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.

For September 2026 entry, 74 families put Hillary Primary School as their first choice and 97 named it as one of their preferences, for 81 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 Hillary Primary School are Palfrey Junior School (0.4 miles, Good, 61% reading, 68% maths); Palfrey Infant School (0.5 miles); Caldmore Primary Academy (0.8 miles, Good, 64% reading, 71% maths); and Whitehall Nursery and Infant Academy (0.8 miles).

Hillary Primary School is one of 5 schools run by The Forge Brook Trust, an academy trust.

37.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 62.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (64%), Black (13%) and other ethnic groups (7%).

In 2026, 147 pupils (21.8%) received SEN support and 22 (3.3%) 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 Bescot Stadium Rail Station, about 1130 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Pleck Road (opposite), 60 metres away.

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

In August 2026, police recorded 507 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and vehicle crime. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Walsall (297), as is usual near a town centre.

The secondary schools closest to Hillary Primary School are Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School (0.7 miles), Wood Green Academy (0.7 miles), West Walsall E-ACT Academy (0.8 miles) and Joseph Leckie Academy (0.9 miles).