Blackwood School

State-Funded School

blackwood-school-walsall-west-midlands-148364

West MidlandsRegion

WalsallLocal Authority

Aldridge-BrownhillsConstituency

B74 3PHPostcode

7.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Blackwood School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Walsall, West Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 677 pupils. Blackwood School is part of CENTRAL CO-OPERATIVE LEARNING TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 70%
Higher standard: 15%
Reading score: 108
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

45%

Asian

39%

Black

Mixed

11%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

677

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 677
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)
MAT name: CENTRAL CO-OPERATIVE LEARNING TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 20 November 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
14 Oct 2011	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.