Whitehall Nursery and Infant Academy
Primary · Walsall · WS1 3HS
Data updated
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 30 June 2026 · report published 8 September 2026
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
313 pupils · 120% of 260 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 31% of pupils (January 2026)
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.whitehall.victrust.org
- URN
- 151258
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 80 families named it first for 87 Reception places, 0.92 first choices per place. We hold 4 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2023 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 30 June 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.92 first-choice applications per place87 places offered · 80 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.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Walsall school admissions · the wider Walsall authority
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
Asian Pakistani 42% (Walsall 11%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 20% (Walsall 3%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 13% (Walsall 10%, England 4%) · White British 6% (Walsall 48%, England 60%) · Any other Asian background 6% (Walsall 3%, England 2%) · Black African 6% (Walsall 6%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Walsall 3%, England 3%) · Any other White background 3% (Walsall 4%, England 7%) · Black Caribbean 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)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
Staffing
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 £49,535; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Inspection history since 2015
- 30 June 2026: Expected standard
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 | 18.6% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 34.1% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 9% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 32.5% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 47.7% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 38.2% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 14.8% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 46.8% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 11.4% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 6.2% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 11.5% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 41% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010342 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £174,000257 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £122,000–£250,000the 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
- 10an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 4an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 35an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 6an 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