Primary school in Walsall
St James Academy
Great Charles Street, Brownhills, Walsall, West Midlands, WS8 6AE
Ofsted
Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 21 February 2024.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 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
- 220
- Places
- 236
- How full
- 93% full — 220 of 236 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 104 / 116
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Walsall 001C, 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
- 20%
- Households owning their home
- 69%
- Households in social housing
- 10%
- Households with no car
- 14%
- Adults economically inactive
- 32%
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
- LIGHTHOUSE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Joanne Wilson
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Ward
- Brownhills
- Constituency
- Aldridge-Brownhills
- URN
- 151996
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Bernadette's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Good 2024 | 52% | 0.3 mi |
| Millfield Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 77% | 0.4 mi |
| Watling Street Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2022 | 57% | 0.7 mi |
| Holy Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Good 2022 | 41% | 0.8 mi |
| Walsall Wood SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2022 | 77% | 1.1 mi |
| Brownhills West Primary SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 55% | 1.2 mi |
| St John's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Good 2023 | 64% | 1.4 mi |
| Castlefort AcademyAcademy converter | No grade | — | 1.5 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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