Community school · Primary
Walsall · WS1 4AH · Walsall
Ages 7–11
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 151660
Palfrey Infant School
Academy converter · Walsall · WS1 4HY
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–7
Pupils
310
Local authority
Walsall
Age range
Ages 3–7
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 3–7, in Walsall, Walsall, 310 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 37.7%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 151660
Location
- Address
- Bescot Street
- Postcode
- WS1 4HY
- Town
- Walsall
- County
- West Midlands
- Local authority
- Walsall
- District
- Walsall
- Constituency
- Walsall and Bloxwich
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 310
- Boys / girls
- 164 / 146
- School capacity
- 360
- Capacity fill
- 310 / 360 (86%)
- Free school meals
- 37.7%
- FSM pupils
- 97
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE FORGE BROOK TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE FORGE BROOK TRUST
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alison Walsh
- Telephone
- 01922720713
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Requires improvement
Inspection date
2022-10-11
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes