Primary school in Willenhall, Walsall
Pool Hayes Primary School
Bridgnorth Grove, Willenhall, West Midlands, WV12 4RX
Ofsted
Graded Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 11 July 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
- Places
- 210
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Walsall 020C, 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
- 19%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 30%
- Households owning their home
- 90%
- Households in social housing
- 2%
- Households with no car
- 17%
- Adults economically inactive
- 49%
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
- MATRIX ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Kelly Vaughan
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Ward
- Short Heath
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton North East
- URN
- 152437
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Meadow Primary SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 87% | 0.5 mi |
| New Invention Infant SchoolCommunity school | No grade | — | 0.5 mi |
| New Invention Learning AcademyAcademy converter | No grade | 79% | 0.5 mi |
| Perry Hall Primary SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 67% | 0.5 mi |
| Short Heath Junior SchoolCommunity school | Good 2022 | 33% | 0.7 mi |
| Corpus Christi Catholic Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 43% | 0.8 mi |
| St Alban's Church of England Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 55% | 0.8 mi |
| Woodlands Academy of LearningAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 69% | 0.8 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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