Primary school in Walsall
Hillary Primary School
Hillary Street, Pleck, Walsall, West Midlands, WS2 9BP
Ofsted
Graded Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 20 June 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 675
- Places
- 708
- How full
- Nearly full — 675 of 708 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 348 / 327
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Walsall 031C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 25%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 28%
- Households owning their home
- 27%
- Households in social housing
- 45%
- Households with no car
- 41%
- Adults economically inactive
- 46%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Yes
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- THE FORGE BROOK TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Alison Taylor
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Ward
- Pleck
- Constituency
- Walsall and Bloxwich
- URN
- 151662
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palfrey Junior SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 49% | 0.4 mi |
| Palfrey Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Requires improvement 2022 | — | 0.5 mi |
| Caldmore Primary AcademyAcademy converter | No grade | 57% | 0.8 mi |
| Whitehall Nursery and Infant AcademyAcademy converter | No grade | — | 0.8 mi |
| Albert Pritchard Infant SchoolFoundation school | Good 2023 | — | 1 mi |
| Alumwell Junior SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 53% | 1 mi |
| Alumwell Infant SchoolCommunity school | Good 2024 | — | 1 mi |
| Park Hill Primary SchoolFoundation school | No grade | 53% | 1 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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