Primary
Palfrey Junior School
Dale Street, Walsall, WS1 4AH
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 359 of 360 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
- Local authority
- Walsall
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.3
- All staff (FTE)
- 33.2
- Pupils per adult
- 10.9
- Pupils
- 363
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
January 2022
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
December 2017
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
SATs results
49%
13 points below the Walsall average (62% across 66 schools)
104.0
1.2 below the Walsall average (105.2 across 66 schools)
64th of 66 by our score, among the primary schools in Walsall we can score - 94 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 104 |
| Average reading score | 104 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 49% |
| Working at a higher standard | 9% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 48% |
| 23/24 | 52% |
| 24/25 | 49% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 103.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 104.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
Dale Street, Walsall, WS1 4AH
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Walsall admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Cheryl Collis
- Address
- Dale Street, Walsall, WS1 4AH
- Telephone
- 01922721092