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Radleys Primary School

Primary · Walsall · WS4 1JJ

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

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

Inspected 28 January 2020

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At a glance

223 pupils · 94% of 236 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
37% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
6.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.radleys.walsall.sch.uk
URN
104207

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 23 families named it first for 24 Reception places, 0.96 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 0.821 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 4 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2023 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 28 January 2020, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.96 first-choice applications per place

24 places offered · 23 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 (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.821 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
45%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
101
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
100
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 school45%
Median of its 12 closest peers57%
Walsall average61.7%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
New Whittington Community Primary SchoolChesterfield · 51 miles awayGood59%
Parkside AcademyBARROW-in-FURNESS · 116 miles awayExpected standard71%
St James' Church of England AcademyHull · 106 miles awayGood63%
Trinity Academy AkroydonHalifax · 78 miles awayGood55%
Bungay Primary SchoolBungay · 143 miles awayNeeds attention36%
The Donington Cowley Endowed Primary SchoolSpalding · 76 miles awayGood41%
Bilsthorpe Flying High AcademyNewark · 53 miles awayGood59%
Hindsford CofE Primary SchoolManchester · 66 miles awayOutstanding77%
St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary SchoolRochdale · 73 miles awayNo current grade71%
St Mary of Charity CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolFaversham · 150 miles awayGood45%
Edgar Sewter Community Primary SchoolHalesworth · 146 miles awayGood41%
Priestley Primary SchoolCalne · 81 miles awayGood27%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 81% (Walsall 48%, England 60%) · Asian Pakistani 3% (Walsall 11%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Walsall 3%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 2% (Walsall 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Walsall 3%, England 2%) · Black African 2% (Walsall 6%, England 5%) · Any other White background 2% (Walsall 4%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Walsall 3%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Walsall 2%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (Walsall 10%, England 4%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Walsall 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Walsall 2%, England 2%)

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)
4.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

10.09 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
16
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)

25% of teachers took sickness absence, 27.7 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 £46,050; 13.3% 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£8,194
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 71% (76%) · premises 8% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 7% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £51,932; in-year balance -£96,296

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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)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher18.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications29.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work20.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways30.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health37%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier68.9%62.3%
Social housing22.4%17.1%
Privately rented8.4%20.5%
Detached houses10.2%22.9%
Flats8.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms8.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van23%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010323 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£216,000204 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£185,000–£265,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (38)£332,500
Semi-detached (99)£217,500
Terraced (59)£190,000
Flat (8)£82,500

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.32 km, 2025 entry): 317 sales, median £217,000. 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
2an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an 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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