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New Invention Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
Cannock Road, New Invention, Willenhall WV12 5SA · invention-i.walsall.sch.uk · 01922 710871
On the mapSearch near WV12 5SA
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Mar 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 320
- 50 over 270 places · 119%
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 19%
- First language not English
- 43.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 78 families put the school first and 81 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 | 81 | 78 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 77 | 75 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 82 | 80 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 87 | 84 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 89 | 83 | 0.9 | 99% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected New Invention Infant School on 17 March 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Needs attention
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 17 Mar 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Needs attention |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (36 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Positive
- 91%
- Replies
- 36
- 11% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 92% who raised concerns
based on 3 parents (8%) whose child was bullied
based on 9 parents (25%) with SEND