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Delves Junior School

Primary · Walsall · WS5 4PU

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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: OutstandingPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 25 January 2022

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At a glance

365 pupils · 100% of 360 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
7–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
35.3% of pupils
Website
www.delvesjuniorschool.co.uk
URN
151661

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.9%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
23.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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