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Birchills Church of England Community Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Farringdon Street, Walsall WS2 8NF · birchills.walsall.sch.uk · 01922 721063
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 37%
- 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
- 442
- 22 over 420 places · 105%
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 42.7%
- First language not English
- 55.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 48 families put the school first and 51 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 | 51 | 48 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 46 | 46 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 35 | 35 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 51 | 46 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 37 | 35 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 37% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% 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 | |||
| ▼37% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼102 | 106 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Birchills Church of England Community Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 16 April 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 16 Apr 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Dec 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2022Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 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 Jan 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
64% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (11 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 64%
- Replies
- 11
- 2% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 64% who had a child bullied