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Westacre Infant School

Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy

Finchfield Hill, Finchfield, Wolverhampton WV3 9EP · westacreinfantschool.co.uk · 01902 558532

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Nov 2023
Demand for places
0.9
first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
Pupils
257
78% of 330 places
Local authority
Wolverhampton
Nursery class
Yes
Free school meals
18.8%
First language not English
6.6%
School census 2025/26

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Reception in September 2026, 56 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 68 (Places 75)68September 2023: 63 (Places 69)63September 2024: 66 (Places 76)66September 2025: 54 (Places 57)54September 2026: 56 (Places 60)56Places 60
ReceptionPlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 202660560.9100%
September 2025Sept 202557540.9100%
September 2024Sept 202476660.9100%
September 2023Sept 202369630.9100%
September 2022Sept 202275680.9100%

Ofsted

Westacre Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 14 November 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
14 Nov 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 104312)

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early yearsGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Sept 2021

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 104312), which Ofsted links to this one.

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Sept 2021Requires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesGood
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    Early yearsRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 104312)

Before September 2019

  • Nov 2010Good
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Early yearsGood

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 104312)

  • Jan 2008Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Early yearsGood

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 104312)

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