Park Hall Infant Academy

Academy converter·Infant school Walsall·WS5 3HF

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Park Hall Infant Academy is an infant school for pupils aged 3–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

85%

106 first choices, 90 places

First choices per place

1.18

more first choices than places

Applications naming the school

170

any preference, for 90 places

Last place offered lived

0.50 mi

straight line, 2026 intake · 800 m

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.20

00.511.52

1 per place

1.3920221.1120230.9520240.9820251.182026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Requires improvement

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 311
Gender: Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

8.8%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

52.7%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

3.5%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

1.6%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.0%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

13.4%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

22.6

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,365

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Park Hall Junior Academy Walsall · 0.0 mi 52.4 Delves Junior School Walsall · 0.8 mi 29.8 St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School Walsall · 0.8 mi 59.1 Whitehall Junior Community School Walsall · 0.8 mi 45.5 Blue Coat Church of England Aided Junior School Walsall · 1.1 mi 50.2 Chuckery Primary School Walsall · 1.2 mi 47.4 Caldmore Primary Academy Walsall · 1.2 mi 39.4 Palfrey Junior School Walsall · 1.5 mi 42.4

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

Park Hall Infant Academy is a primary school serving Walsall, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 311 pupils aged 3 to 7 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Park Hall Infant Academy 'Good'.

Park Hall Infant Academy is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 106 first choices for 90 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.50 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 5.0%. There are about 22.6 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 9% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.