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Sunshine Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Blakenall Lane, Leamore, Walsall WS3 1HF · sunshine.lhmat.com · 01922 710174
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2021
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 150
- 83% of 180 places
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 65.4%
- First language not English
- 22.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 36 families put the school first and 40 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 | 40 | 36 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 50 | 45 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 52 | 52 | 1 | 98% |
Ofsted
Sunshine Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 7 December 2021, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 7 Dec 2021
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 104145)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jul 2012
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 104145), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jul 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 104145)
Mar 2009Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 104145)