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St Michael's Church of England C Primary School

PrimaryAges 3–11Voluntary controlledChurch of England

Pelsall, WS3 4JJ · Walsall local authority

Pelsall’s School Grade C− better than 21% of towns in England

Its letter
89%
of England’s primaries have lower KS2 results
Getting in
55/55
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
460 pupils
97% of its 472 places
Free school meals
12%
12 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about St Michael's Church of England C Primary School

  • Its own letter, A: Key Stage 2 results better than 89% of England’s primary schools
  • 78% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 16 points above England’s schools
  • 12% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, May 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (55 of 55)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (WS3 4) sold for a median £240,000; Pelsall’s is £240,000

Results

DfE · Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths 78%

Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 89% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Walsall avg 61%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 61.6%St Michael's CofE C Primary 78%

Each subject, 2025

Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 108, maths 105 (100 = the expected standard)

Reading83%
England’s schools 77%
Writing (teacher assessed)80%
England’s schools 73%
Maths78%
England’s schools 75%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling82%
England’s schools 74%

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025

Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 11 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged
55%England 48.5%
Not disadvantaged
76%England 69.4%
Reached the higher standard in all three15%
England’s schools 8% · Walsall 6% · 2025

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at St Michael's Church of England C Primary School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

55
families put it first for September 2026
59
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (4), 2020 (14), 2021 (13), 2022 (2), 2023 (14), 2024 (7). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Walsall council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Walsall council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Pelsall, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.94 per place
100% got their first choice
St Michael's CofE C Primary
0.93 per place
100% got their first choice

Pelsall and Walsall, side by side

2023–2025

All 74 graded primaries in Walsall. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Pelsall’s schools are coloured by their letter.

30%40%50%60%70%80%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%Pupils eligible for free school meals →KS2 expected standard →Pelsall VillageRyders HayesSt Michael's CofE C
ABCDElsewhere in WalsallSt Michael's CofE C Primary
Show as a table
SchoolLetterFree school mealsKS2 expected standard
St Anne's Catholic Primary School, StreetlyA+9%99%
St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary SchoolA10%81%
Reedswood E-ACT AcademyA48%80%
Walsall Wood SchoolA30%79%
Manor Primary SchoolA4%78%
St Michael's Church of England C Primary SchoolA12%78%
Kings Hill Primary SchoolA40%77%
County Bridge Primary SchoolA47%77%
St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary SchoolA15%77%
St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary SchoolA24%76%
New Invention Learning AcademyA23%76%
Goldsmith Primary AcademyA−66%75%
Beacon AcademyA−50%75%
St Giles Church of England Primary SchoolA−35%73%
St Francis Catholic Primary SchoolA−29%73%
Blackwood SchoolA−6%73%
Park Hall Junior AcademyA−14%71%
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, WalsallB+38%70%
Woods Bank AcademyB+67%70%
Rivers Primary AcademyB+51%70%
Moorcroft Wood AcademyB+58%70%
Bloxwich AcademyB64%67%
Castlefort AcademyB32%67%
Lindens AcademyB13%67%
Whitehall Junior Community SchoolB47%66%
Lower Farm Primary SchoolB41%66%
Millfield Primary SchoolB48%66%
Woodlands Academy of LearningB34%65%
Croft AcademyB68%65%
Pheasey Park Farm Primary School and Early Years CentreB23%65%
Meadow View AcademyB18%65%
Butts Primary SchoolB−41%64%
Cooper and Jordan Church of England Primary SchoolB−15%64%
Ryders Hayes SchoolB−18%64%
Whetstone Field Primary SchoolB−13%63%
Watling Street Primary SchoolB−25%63%
Blue Coat Church of England Aided Junior SchoolB−52%63%
Salisbury Primary SchoolB−54%62%
St John's Church of England Primary SchoolB−25%62%
Chuckery Primary SchoolB−46%62%
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolB−18%61%
Leamore Primary SchoolC+50%60%
Leighswood SchoolC+32%59%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, DarlastonC40%57%
Abbey Primary SchoolC52%56%
Jubilee Academy MossleyC50%55%
North Walsall Primary AcademyC49%55%
Delves Junior SchoolC35%55%
Hillary Primary SchoolC42%55%
Caldmore Primary AcademyC59%54%
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary SchoolC41%54%
Barcroft AcademyC47%54%
Elmore Green Primary SchoolC−45%53%
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, BloxwichC−32%53%
Edgar Stammers Primary AcademyC−65%53%
Radleys Primary SchoolC−37%52%
Fibbersley Park AcademyC−37%51%
Palfrey Junior SchoolC−51%50%
Short Heath Junior SchoolC−51%50%
Christ Church Church of England Primary SchoolC−51%50%
Alumwell Junior SchoolC−56%49%
Pinfold Street Primary SchoolC−54%49%
Brownhills West Primary SchoolC−60%49%
Rushall Primary SchoolC−33%48%
St James AcademyC−49%48%
King Charles Primary SchoolD47%47%
Old Church Church of England C Primary SchoolD46%47%
Field Road AcademyD68%44%
Lodge Farm Primary SchoolD42%43%
Busill Jones Primary SchoolD51%43%
Pelsall Village SchoolD−44%38%
Greenfield Primary SchoolD−41%36%
Birchills Church of England Community AcademyD−43%35%
All Saints National AcademyD−60%31%

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

467 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
10.7%England 15.3%
EHC plan
2.4%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
4.1%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
12.1%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 48%Boys 52%
Its letter

St Michael's Church of England C Primary School’s letter

Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.

Primary: KS2 reading, writing and maths ABetter than 89% of 15,230 schools
How school letters are worked out

Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.

A+ 95+A 85–94A− 75–84B+ 65–74B 55–64B− 45–54C+ 35–44C 25–34C− 15–24D 5–14D− 0–4

Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, May 2024. Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns), December 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near St Michael's Church of England C Primary School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in WS3 4, the school’s postcode sector

Pelsall property prices →
£240,000
median sale, 311 sales in 36 months · Pelsall £240,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025WS3 4Pelsall
WS3 4Pelsall

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£323K
Semi-detached
£237K
Terraced
£218K
Flat
£118K
WS3 4Pelsall

Homes in WS3 4 sell for about the same as Pelsall’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

21 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC−C+BC−D−C−AA−CDB−A−C−B+D−D−C−C−DA−ASt Michael's Church of Engl…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Pelsall, WS3 4JJ

St Michael's Church of England C Primary School: common questions

Is St Michael's Church of England C Primary School a good school?

By its published results, well above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 89% of England’s primary schools (its letter is A), with 78% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, May 2024.

How hard is it to get into St Michael's Church of England C Primary School?

For September 2026, 55 families put St Michael's Church of England C Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 59 places were offered in all.

What is St Michael's Church of England C Primary School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (May 2024).

How much do houses cost near St Michael's Church of England C Primary School?

Homes in its postcode sector, WS3 4, sold for a median £240,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (311 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Pelsall’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.