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Pinfold Street Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–11 · Community school
Pinfold Street Extension, Darlaston, Wednesbury WS10 8PU · pinfoldstreetprimary.co.uk · 0121 568 6366
On the mapSearch near WS10 8PU
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Oct 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 44%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Walsall 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 410
- 98% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Free school meals
- 53.7%
- First language not English
- 22.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 45 families put the school first and 49 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 49 | 45 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 58 | 54 | 0.9 | 98% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 57 | 61 | 1.1▲ | 93% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 59 | 84 | 1.4▲ | 70% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 62 | 1▲ | 92% |
Results
In 2024/25, 44% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% the higher standard. Across Walsall it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼44% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 19 October 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Pinfold Street Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 18 Oct 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective May 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
88% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (26 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 88%
- Replies
- 26
- 6% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 62% who raised concerns
based on the 50% who had a child bullied