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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 · 101% of 360 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
7–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
35.3% of pupils (January 2026)
Website
www.delvesjuniorschool.co.uk
URN
151661

In figures

Ofsted last graded it Good on 25 January 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.803 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 3

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.803 miles

measured in a straight line.

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Indian 24% (Walsall 10%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 23% (Walsall 11%, England 5%) · White British 18% (Walsall 48%, England 60%) · Asian Bangladeshi 10% (Walsall 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Walsall 3%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Walsall 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 4% (Walsall 4%, England 7%) · Black African 2% (Walsall 6%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Walsall 2%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Walsall 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Walsall 3%, England 3%) · Not recorded 1% (Walsall 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Walsall 2%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 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)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
17.1%
England 17.5%

Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
23.5
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 £50,110; 10% 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 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher26.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications26.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work23.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways21.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health43.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier67.7%62.3%
Social housing16.8%17.1%
Privately rented15.3%20.5%
Detached houses15.1%22.9%
Flats14.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms15.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van20%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
Detached (28)£322,500
Semi-detached (117)£235,500
Terraced (54)£200,000
Flat (7)£106,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 3 cutoff distance (1.29 km, 2026 entry): 324 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

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