Delves Infant School
Primary · Walsall · WS5 4PU
Data updated
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Outstanding. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 2 March 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
335 pupils · 124% of 270 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 2–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 23.5% of pupils (January 2026)
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.delvesinfantschool.co.uk
- URN
- 151659
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 89 families named it first for 89 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.86 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 4 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2023 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 2 March 2022 confirmed its earlier grade, Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place89 places offered · 89 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. Places by distance, last offered at 0.86 miles for 2026 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.86 miles
measured in a straight line.
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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 Indian 22% (Walsall 10%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 21% (Walsall 11%, England 5%) · White British 16% (Walsall 48%, England 60%) · Asian Bangladeshi 14% (Walsall 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 5% (Walsall 4%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Walsall 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Walsall 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Walsall 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Walsall 3%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Walsall 1%, England 1%) · Black African 2% (Walsall 6%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Walsall 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Walsall 2%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Walsall 0%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Walsall 0%, England 0%)
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 £54,499; 23.5% 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)
- 3/10more deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 26.6% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 26.8% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 23.7% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 21.5% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 43.9% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 67.7% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 16.8% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 15.3% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 15.1% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 14.6% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 15.5% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 20% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010337 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £230,000206 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £190,000–£280,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
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 (1.38 km, 2026 entry): 372 sales, median £220,000. 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
- 1an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 4an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 16an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 8an 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