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Palfrey Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–7 · Academy
Bescot Street, Walsall WS1 4HY · palfreyinfant.co.uk · 01922 720713
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2022
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 310
- 86% of 360 places
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 37.7%
- First language not English
- 77.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 70 families put the school first and 73 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 | 73 | 70 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 74 | 69 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 78 | 78 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 80 | 77 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 84 | 81 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Palfrey Infant School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 11 October 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 11 Oct 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 104161)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Mar 2009
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 104161), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2020Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Met Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 104161)
Before September 2019
Mar 2009Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 104161)
Mar 2006Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 104161)