Primary
Rivers Primary Academy
Livingstone Road, Blakenall, Walsall, WS3 1LY
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 463 of 459 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- WINDSOR ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 22.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 35.3
- Pupils per adult
- 12.0
- Pupils
- 424
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
- Early yearsExpected 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
February 2022
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
December 2019
Ungraded inspection
Good
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SATs results
54%
8 points below the Walsall average (62% across 66 schools)
104.0
1.2 below the Walsall average (105.2 across 66 schools)
62nd 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 | 101 |
| Average reading score | 104 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 54% |
| Working at a higher standard | 7% |
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 | 72% |
| 23/24 | 82% |
| 24/25 | 54% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 108.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 106.0 |
| 24/25 | 101.0 |
Livingstone Road, Blakenall, Walsall, WS3 1LY
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
- Executive Head Teacher
- Rebecca Bailey
- Address
- Livingstone Road, Blakenall, Walsall, WS3 1LY
- Telephone
- 01922710164