Fallings Park Primary School
Primary · Wolverhampton · WV10 8BN
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 26 April 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
685 pupils · 109% of 630 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 62.9% of pupils (January 2026)
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.fallingspark.org.uk
- URN
- 152045
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 51 families named it first for 55 Reception places, 0.93 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 26 April 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.93 first-choice applications per place55 places offered · 51 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. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Wolverhampton school admissions · the wider Wolverhampton authority
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 54% (Wolverhampton 34%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 10% (Wolverhampton 19%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 10% (Wolverhampton 6%, England 2%) · Black African 7% (Wolverhampton 12%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 4% (Wolverhampton 3%, England 1%) · Any other White background 4% (Wolverhampton 6%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Wolverhampton 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Wolverhampton 3%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Wolverhampton 4%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Wolverhampton 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Wolverhampton 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Wolverhampton 4%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 1% (Wolverhampton 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 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 £50,310; 7.3% 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 | 18.1% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 33.1% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 13.8% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 31.3% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 41.2% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 42.3% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 45.3% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 12.2% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 7.2% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 3.2% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 6.5% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 33.5% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010481 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £217,500247 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £185,000–£262,000the 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.
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
- 4an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 11an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 37an 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