Palfrey Infant School
Bescot Street, Walsall, WS1 4HY
310 pupils · 86% of 360 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- THE FORGE BROOK TRUST
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Free school meals
- 37.7%
Ofsted
Requires improvement (2022) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
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 11 October 2022, published 24 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?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.96 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 73 | 70 | 99 | 70 |
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
- Palfrey Junior School 0.1 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Caldmore Primary Academy 0.5 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Whitehall Nursery and Infant Academy 0.6 km · No Ofsted rating
- Hillary Primary School 0.8 km · Requires improvement (2023) · previous system
- Whitehall Junior Community School 1 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Blue Coat Church of England Aided Infant School 1 km · Good — confirmed 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.