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Millfield Primary School

Primary · Walsall · WS8 6BN

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 1 April 2025

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At a glance

217 pupils · 92% of 236 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
47.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
7.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.millfieldschool.co.uk/
URN
104203

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 19 families named it first for 19 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2023 entry went to 0.329 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 4 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2023 to 2026. At its inspection on 1 April 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

19 places offered · 19 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2023 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.329 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

26 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
77%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school77%
Median of its 12 closest peers69%
Walsall average61.7%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
England Lane AcademyKnottingley · 78 miles awayOutstanding85%
Bradley Green Primary AcademyHyde · 57 miles awayNo current grade79%
Sutton Bridge Westmere Community Primary SchoolSpalding · 89 miles awayNeeds attention70%
Chopwell Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 157 miles awayExpected standard60%
St Gabriel's CofE Primary SchoolLiverpool · 65 miles awayGood71%
Laira Green Primary SchoolPlymouth · 182 miles awayGood58%
Westwood Primary SchoolLowestoft · 154 miles awayGood68%
All Saints Academy DarfieldBarnsley · 66 miles awayRequires improvement57%
Lift St James the GreatEast Malling · 137 miles awayGood79%
Hetton Primary SchoolHoughton le Spring · 151 miles awayGood54%
Timbertree AcademyCradley Heath · 14 miles awayOutstanding86%
Bluebell Meadow Primary SchoolTrimdon Station · 143 miles awayGood58%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 82% (Walsall 48%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 5% (Walsall 10%, England 4%) · Any other White background 4% (Walsall 4%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Walsall 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Walsall 3%, England 2%) · Black African 1% (Walsall 6%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Walsall 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Walsall 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
23.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.79 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Walsall: 2.03 suspensions and 0.02 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

9.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 32 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,187; 16.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,778
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £125,172; in-year balance -£15,078

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher17.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications31.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work16.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways37.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health40.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier34.2%62.3%
Social housing58.2%17.1%
Privately rented7.2%20.5%
Detached houses10.4%22.9%
Flats47.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms8.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van35.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010308 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£210,000203 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£175,000–£245,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (37)£285,000
Semi-detached (109)£210,000
Terraced (35)£197,500
Flat (22)£127,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.53 km, 2023 entry): 55 sales, median £200,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
10an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
5an 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

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