Schools in Walsall
132 schools in the Walsall local authority.
Schools
132
Open schools
Pupils
54,155
2025–26 census
Good or better
89%
93 of 104 graded
Academic Performance
4.7
out of 10 · 115 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 13 13%
- Good
- 80 77%
- Requires improvement
- 9 9%
- Inadequate
- 2 2%
11 inspected since 2024, no overall grade18 superseded by a report card17 not judged1 in a category of concern
4.7
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 115 of 132 schools that can be scored
Pupils
54,155
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Roll from 130 of 132 schools (54,155 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
53%Asian
27%Black
9%Mixed
8%Chinese
<1%Any other group
2%Unclassified
<1%Ethnicity from 120 of 132 schools (53,206 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 37.3%
- First language not English
- 24.8%
- Young carers
- <1%
19,831 of 53,206 pupils · 120 of 132 schools
13,185 of 53,206 pupils · 120 of 132 schools
228 of 52,268 pupils · 112 of 132 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 86
- Secondary
- 19
- All-through
- 1
- Special
- 10
- Nursery
- 8
- PRU
- 3
- Not recorded
- 5
Top primary schools in Walsall
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Kings Hill Primary SchoolWalsall · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 2.Beacon AcademyWalsall · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 3.New Invention Learning AcademyWalsall · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 4.St Anne's Catholic Primary School, StreetlyWalsall · Primary9.1/10
- 5.St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, DarlastonWalsall · Primary9.1/10Outstanding
- 6.Croft AcademyWalsall · Primary8.9/10
- 7.St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary SchoolWalsall · Primary8.6/10
- 8.St Michael's Church of England C Primary SchoolWalsall · Primary8.6/10Good
- 9.Rivers Primary AcademyWalsall · Primary8.4/10Good
- 10.St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary SchoolWalsall · Primary8.4/10Good
- 11.St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary SchoolWalsall · Primary8.4/10Good
- 12.Reedswood E-ACT AcademyWalsall · Primary8.3/10Good
- 13.Park Hall Junior AcademyWalsall · Primary8.1/10Good
- 14.Manor Primary SchoolWalsall · Primary8.0/10Good
- 15.St Francis Catholic Primary SchoolWalsall · Primary8.0/10Good
- 16.County Bridge Primary SchoolWalsall · Primary7.9/10Good
- 17.Blackwood SchoolWalsall · Primary7.8/10Good
- 18.Butts Primary SchoolWalsall · Primary7.8/10Good
- 19.St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, WalsallWalsall · Primary7.4/10Good
- 20.St Giles Church of England Primary SchoolWalsall · Primary7.2/10Good
Top secondary schools in Walsall
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Queen Mary's Grammar SchoolWalsall · Secondary10.0/10Outstanding
- 2.Queen Mary's High SchoolWalsall · Secondary10.0/10Outstanding
- 3.Barr Beacon SchoolWalsall · Secondary8.2/10Good
- 4.St Francis of Assisi Catholic CollegeWalsall · Secondary7.9/10Good
- 5.Aldridge School - A Science CollegeWalsall · Secondary5.8/10Good
- 6.The Streetly AcademyWalsall · Secondary3.0/10Good
- 7.Joseph Leckie AcademyWalsall · Secondary2.8/10Good
- 8.West Walsall E-ACT AcademyWalsall · Secondary2.5/10Good
- 9.Grace Academy DarlastonWalsall · Secondary2.3/10Good
- 10.St Thomas More Catholic School, WillenhallWalsall · Secondary2.3/10Good
- 11.Brownhills Ormiston AcademyWalsall · Secondary2.0/10Good
- 12.Pool Hayes AcademyWalsall · Secondary1.9/10Good
- 13.Ormiston Shelfield Community AcademyWalsall · Secondary1.7/10Good
- 14.Shire Oak AcademyWalsall · Secondary1.6/10
- 15.Blue Coat Church of England AcademyWalsall · Secondary1.4/10Good
- 16.Willenhall E-ACT AcademyWalsall · Secondary1.4/10
- 17.Bloxwich AcademyWalsall · Secondary1.3/10Good
- 18.Walsall Studio SchoolWalsall · Secondary1.2/10
- 19.Walsall AcademyWalsall · Secondary0.3/10Requires improvement
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About schools in Walsall
- How many schools are there in Walsall?
- Walsall has 132 open schools — 86 primary, 19 secondary, 10 special, 8 nursery, teaching 54,155 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Walsall are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 93 of the 104 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 89% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 13 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 132: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Walsall?
- 4.7 out of 10, averaged across the 115 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Walsall schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 28 schools in Walsall currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Walsall local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Walsall covers 132 schools and sits in the West Midlands region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Walsall are eligible for free school meals?
- 37.3% — 19,831 of 53,206 pupils at the 120 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the West Midlands region.