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Primary school in Walsall

Field Road Academy

Field Road, Bloxwich, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 3JF

Ofsted Good · 2022
School website 01922710145
Ofsted Good January 2022
Pupils 214 89% full
Local deprivation 1/10 more deprived

Ofsted

Goodas at 25 January 2022

Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 25 January 2022.

Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 4 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.

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Current published outcome
Good
Last overall grade in this dataset
Good
Days since inspection
1,711 days
Framework era
Historic overall-grade framework (ended September 2024)

These four fields describe the latest published inspection on this record. The dataset does not keep a previous inspection row, so a school inspected under the current framework will usually have no overall grade to show as “prior”.

key stage 2 results 2024/25

Not published for this URN in the current phase-appropriate school performance release.

Evidence found
No publishable key stage 2 headline attainment value for this exact URN.
Source coverage
DfE school-level 2024/25 performance files, joined by URN. Suppressed, not applicable and not published cells remain distinct from zero.
What this means
School Facts has no official phase-compatible attainment figure to display for this establishment and year.
What this does not mean
The school had no pupils, achieved 0%, performed poorly, or lacks results outside this release.

Pupils

Pupils on roll
214
Places
240
How full
89% full — 214 of 240 places taken
Girls / boys
104 / 110

School funding 2025-26 financial year

Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release.

Evidence found
Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release; this is not represented as £0.
Source coverage
DfE mainstream-school allocations for running costs for pupils aged 5-16, importer snapshot 23 August 2026.
What this means
The official mainstream allocation release does not provide a publishable row for this establishment.
What this does not mean
The school received no public funding or has no budget; other establishment types and funding streams use different publications.

Allocation is not expenditure. DfE says this release combines the schools block with several other revenue grants and excludes capital spending. Funding is shown for context and is never used in School Facts ordering, peer groups or quality claims. Source, licence and coverage.

Roads and getting there

Road casualties within 500m

Child pedestrian casualties
5

England average 1.6 — pedestrians under 16, over five years

All reported collisions
38

England average 24.2 over five years

Of those, serious or fatal
8
Busiest road nearby
A34

16,110 vehicles a day (2025)

Public transport

Bus stops within 500m
22

England average 11.9

Nearest station
Bloxwich Rail Station

1 km away — railway station

Traffic volume is the context the collision count needs: a school beside a major road will record more collisions than one on a quiet street without being any less well run.

Every collision reported to the police within 500m of the school over the five years to 2024, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe — counts rise with traffic and with how built up an area is, and a rural school on a fast road may have fewer collisions but a worse one. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position.

The area around the school

1/10 Deprivation decile

Among the most deprived fifth of England.

1/10 Child poverty decile

Among the most deprived fifth of England for children in low-income families.

Indices of Deprivation 2019, for the small area the school stands in. 1 means the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. The second measure counts only children living in low-income families, which is the one that describes the intake a school is likely to draw on.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£220,000

postcode sector WS3 3 · 332 sales

Typical range
£175,250 to £301,500

middle half of sales

Detached
£340,000
Semi-detached
£210,000
Terraced
£175,500
Flat
£100,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most of England.

Every residential sale registered in this postcode sector since January 2024, from HM Land Registry. A sector covers roughly 2,500 addresses. England's median over the same period was £293,000.

Who lives there

Adults with a degree
18%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
29%

England 18.3%

In professional or managerial work
4%

England 13.4%

Households deprived in 2+ ways
31%

England 17.8%

Residents in very good health
42%

England 48.4%

Housing

Owned by the occupier
47%

England 62.7%

Social housing
27%

England 17%

Privately rented
25%

England 19.2%

Detached homes
54%

England 38.2%

Four or more bedrooms
6%

England 22.5%

No car
28%

England 21.9%

Census 2021, for Walsall 012A and the wider neighbourhood around it. These figures describe the area, not the pupils — children may travel in from much further away, and for selective, faith and independent schools they usually do.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Ages
Ages 7–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Sixth form
No
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Headteacher
Headteacher: Diane Newton
Opened as this establishment
1 September 2025
Register status
Open
Local authority
Walsall
Ward
Blakenall
Constituency
Walsall and Bloxwich
URN
151999

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Official DfE record
Open the register entry

The source record for this establishment and URN.

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Nearest primary schools

SchoolOfstedExpected standardDistanceCompare
Sunshine AcademyAcademy converter Good 2021 — 0.2 mi
Leamore Primary SchoolCommunity school Report card 2025 61% 0.2 mi
Christ Church Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 — 0.4 mi
All Saints National AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2024 33% 0.5 mi
Elmore Green Primary SchoolCommunity school Good 2024 58% 0.5 mi
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, BloxwichVoluntary aided school Good 2024 35% 0.5 mi
Goldsmith Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led Report card 2025 74% 0.6 mi
Rivers Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led Report card 2026 72% 0.7 mi

Schools like this

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one — same phase and sector, and as near as the data allows on size, disadvantage, SEN, English as an additional language and the deprivation of the surrounding area. These are the schools it can fairly be judged against.

SchoolAreaOfstedExpected standardCompare
St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter Rochdale Good 2021 —
St Vincent's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter BIRMINGHAM Good 2023 —
Prince Bishops Community Primary SchoolAcademy converter Bishop Auckland Good 2024 —
St Edmund's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter Manchester Good 2024 —
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter Rochdale Good 2024 —
St Augustine's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter Birmingham Good 2023 —
St James Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter Hyde Good 2021 —
Holy Family Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter Rochdale No overall grade —
Abbey Primary SchoolAcademy converter Walsall No overall grade —
St Peter and St Paul RC Primary School a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter Bolton Good 2020 —
Arundale Primary SchoolAcademy converter Hyde Good 2023 —
St Mark's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter Ipswich Good 2023 —

Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable — sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and simple geography all matter and are not in the calculation.

Evidence ledger

Reference dates and join methods are kept separate because the figures do not all describe the same year or geography.

EvidencePublisherReference dateHow it reaches this page
School identityGet Information About Schools23 August 2026Exact URN 151999; unified importer snapshot
Inspection evidenceOfsted management information31 July 2026Exact URN; inspection 25 January 2022
Funding allocationDfE school funding statistics2025-26 financial yearNo row for this URN in the mainstream-school release; not represented as zero
Roads and transportDfT road casualties, traffic and NaPTANFive-year road window; access-node snapshotCoordinate join within the stated radius
NeighbourhoodONS Census2021LSOA/MSOA containing the school, not pupil homes
DeprivationEnglish Indices of Deprivation2019LSOA containing the school
Home pricesHM Land Registry Price Paid DataSales since January 2024School postcode sector, not a catchment

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