Schools in WS3
Primary and secondary schools serving WS3, with inspection ratings, pupil numbers and distances.
- Council
- Walsall
- Region
- West Midlands
- Population
- 72,014 (2024)
Schools in WS3
35 schools in WS3: 24 primary, 2 secondary and 9 other, including 2 independent. 90% of those with an Ofsted grade are rated good or better. The 30 that publish a capacity are 97% full overall, and 13 have more pupils than places.
Inspection ratings
- Excellent14.3%
- Good65.7%
- Needs improvement8.6%
- Not rated11.4%
The largest schools here
- Walsall AcademySecondary · ages 11–18 · 1,423 pupils · 105% fullExcellent0.4 miles · March 2026
- Bloxwich AcademyAll-through · ages 3–16 · 1,383 pupils · 92% fullNeeds improvement1.2 miles · February 2026
- Goldsmith Primary AcademyPrimary · ages 2–11 · 482 pupils · 153% fullExcellent0.7 miles · November 2025
- Rivers Primary AcademyPrimary · ages 3–11 · 463 pupils · 101% fullGood0.3 miles · March 2026
- Lower Farm Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 2–11 · 463 pupils · 96% fullGood0.7 miles · April 2024
- Ryders Hayes SchoolPrimary · ages 2–11 · 463 pupils · 92% fullGood1.5 miles · February 2023
- St Michael's Church of England C Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · Faith school · 460 pupils · 97% fullGood0.9 miles · May 2024
- Christ Church Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · Faith school · 459 pupils · 106% fullGood0.8 miles · March 2023
- Birchills Church of England Community AcademyPrimary · ages 3–11 · Faith school · 442 pupils · 105% fullGood2.2 miles · April 2024
- Edgar Stammers Primary AcademyPrimary · ages 3–11 · 328 pupils · 89% fullGood1.1 miles · January 2023
- Elmore Green Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 4–11 · 314 pupils · 100% fullGood0.7 miles · April 2024
- St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · Faith school · 296 pupils · 103% fullGood1.2 miles · February 2016
- Pelsall Village SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · 259 pupils · 78% fullNeeds improvement1.1 miles · May 2026
- Castle SchoolOther · ages 7–18 · 247 pupils · 120% fullExcellent1 mile · July 2013
- Croft AcademyPrimary · ages 2–11 · 246 pupils · 102% fullNeeds improvement1.8 miles · June 2018
- Leamore Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 2–11 · 236 pupils · 90% fullGood0.7 miles · December 2025
- Busill Jones Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 2–11 · 235 pupils · 75% fullGood1.2 miles · April 2026
- North Walsall Primary AcademyPrimary · ages 3–11 · 234 pupils · 111% fullGood1.6 miles · June 2024
- Abbey Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · 223 pupils · 94% fullNot rated1.4 miles
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, WalsallPrimary · ages 3–11 · Faith school · 223 pupils · 106% fullGood2.1 miles · February 2026
- Field Road AcademyPrimary · ages 7–11 · 214 pupils · 89% fullGood0.5 miles · January 2022
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School, BloxwichPrimary · ages 3–11 · Faith school · 214 pupils · 82% fullGood0.4 miles · February 2024
- All Saints National AcademyPrimary · ages 5–11 · Faith school · 208 pupils · 66% fullGood0.5 miles · April 2024
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · Faith school · 197 pupils · 94% fullGood2.5 miles · October 2022
- Valley Nursery SchoolNursery · ages 2–4 · 170 pupilsExcellent0.4 miles · March 2012
- Jubilee Academy MossleyPrimary · ages 4–11 · 170 pupils · 81% fullGood1.2 miles · March 2015
- Sandbank Nursery SchoolNursery · ages 2–5 · 164 pupilsExcellent0.7 miles · February 2023
- Sunshine AcademyPrimary · ages 3–7 · 150 pupils · 83% fullGood0.5 miles · December 2021
- Mary Elliot AcademyOther · ages 11–19 · 148 pupils · 106% fullGood1.3 miles · February 2026
- Millfields Nursery SchoolNursery · ages 2–4 · 81 pupilsGood0.4 miles · May 2024
And 5 more.
Ofsted replaced single overall grades with report cards in November 2025. The rating shown here reflects each school’s latest inspection: its new report card where it has one, or its most recent graded inspection otherwise. Check the inspection date beside each school.
Occupancy compares pupils on roll with published school capacity. Sources: Department for Education (Get Information About Schools), Ofsted, and the Welsh and Scottish school registers. Open Government Licence v3.0.