Valley Nursery School
Nursery · Walsall · WS3 1HT
Data updated
Ungraded inspection: no current grade
Ofsted's most recent visit was an ungraded inspection; its outcome was “Standards maintained”. Since September 2024 these outcomes no longer confirm a named grade. No graded inspection appears in Ofsted's records for this school since 2015 either, so SchoolFacts shows no grade rather than guessing. Any earlier grade is on the school's Ofsted report page.
Inspected 26 March 2025
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170 pupils (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Local authority nursery school
- Age range
- 2–4
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 0% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 19.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 8.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 3.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 104137
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 65% (Walsall 48%, England 60%) · Black African 11% (Walsall 6%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 5% (Walsall 3%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Walsall 11%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Walsall 3%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 2% (Walsall 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Walsall 3%, England 3%) · Any other White background 2% (Walsall 4%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Walsall 2%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (Walsall 10%, England 4%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Walsall 0%, England 0%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 1% (Walsall 0%, England 0%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Walsall 3%, England 2%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Staffing
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £54,541; 33.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Inspection history since 2015
- 25 March 2025: Standards maintained
- 5 February 2020: Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools
- 1 October 2015: Yes - improving (outstanding)
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 17.8% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 29% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 14.4% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 25.5% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 46.7% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 48.3% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 27.1% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 24.6% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 7.9% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 4.2% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 6.1% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 28.2% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010282 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £200,000403 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £170,000–£240,500the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 2an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 5an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 37an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 10an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted