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Christ Church Church of England Primary School

Primary · WALSALL · WS3 1EN

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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 21 March 2023

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At a glance

459 pupils · 106% of 433 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
51.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
10.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.christchurch.walsall.sch.uk/
URN
151154

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 46 families named it first for 54 Reception places, 0.85 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 0.911 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 4 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2023 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 21 March 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.85 first-choice applications per place

54 places offered · 46 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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 0.911 miles

measured in a straight line.

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: SEN unit.

SEN unit
4 of 8 places taken places may be available

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 73% (Walsall 48%, England 60%) · Black African 9% (Walsall 6%, England 5%) · Any other White background 3% (Walsall 4%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Walsall 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Walsall 3%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Walsall 3%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Walsall 11%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 2% (Walsall 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Walsall 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Walsall 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Walsall 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Walsall 10%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Walsall 2%, England 2%) · 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)
4.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.22 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

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
18.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,345; 12% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher20.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications30.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work18.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways24.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier54.8%62.3%
Social housing25.9%17.1%
Privately rented19.2%20.5%
Detached houses6.7%22.9%
Flats8.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms7.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van25.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010277 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£185,000319 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£153,000–£215,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (15)£250,000
Semi-detached (177)£192,000
Terraced (106)£175,500
Flat (21)£92,500

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 (1.47 km, 2025 entry): 576 sales, median £185,000. 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
4an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
14an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
61an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
11an 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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