Edgar Stammers Primary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Walsall·WS3 1RQ
Composite score
32.5
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#12,879
National rank
#1367
In West Midlands
#64
In Walsall
Top 88%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
50%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

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
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
19 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
0.68
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
39
any preference, for 28 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.25
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8420220.8020230.9020240.9320250.682026

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

Every child who put Edgar Stammers Primary Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
365
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
65.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
17.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
28.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,727
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Edgar Stammers Primary Academy

Edgar Stammers Primary Academy is a primary school in Walsall, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 365 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 50% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 1.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Edgar Stammers Primary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 19 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 9.6%. There are about 20.0 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 65% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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.

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