Blue Coat Church of England Aided Infant School
Hanch Place, Walsall, WS1 3AF
314 pupils · 106% of 296 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Free school meals
- 37.5%
Ofsted
Good (2022) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 12 October 2022, published 28 November 2022. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.91 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 81 | 74 | 126 | 81 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 77 | 75 | 129 | 77 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 67 | 62 | 118 | 67 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 82 | 71 | 115 | 82 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 90 | 80 | 132 | 90 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 76 | 63 | 114 | 76 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 84 | 73 | 134 | 84 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 77 | 64 | 120 | 77 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Blue Coat Church of England Aided Junior School 0.2 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- Caldmore Primary Academy 0.5 km · No overall grade (2025)
- St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School 0.5 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Chuckery Primary School 0.6 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Whitehall Nursery and Infant Academy 0.9 km · No Ofsted rating
- Whitehall Junior Community School 1 km · Good (2022) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.