Palfrey Infant School
Primary · Walsall · WS1 4HY
Data updated
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.
Inspected 11 October 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
310 pupils · 86% of 360 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 2–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 37.7% of pupils (January 2026)
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.palfreyinfant.co.uk
- URN
- 151660
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 70 families named it first for 73 Reception places, 0.96 first choices per place. We hold 4 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2023 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 11 October 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.96 first-choice applications per place73 places offered · 70 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 30% (Walsall 11%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 26% (Walsall 3%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 16% (Walsall 3%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 9% (Walsall 10%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 7% (Walsall 2%, England 3%) · Black African 3% (Walsall 6%, England 5%) · Any other White background 3% (Walsall 4%, England 7%) · White British 3% (Walsall 48%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Walsall 3%, England 3%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Walsall 0%, England 0%) · 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 £53,106; 15.4% 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)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 21.6% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 32.7% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 14.2% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 41.1% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 46.7% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 34.3% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 40.9% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 24.3% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 4.9% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 46.9% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 17% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 46.7% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010340 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £169,000250 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £122,000–£215,000the 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
- 7an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 5an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 47an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 9an 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