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Walmley Infant School

PrimaryAges 3–7Foundation

Royal Sutton Coldfield, B76 1JB · Birmingham local authority

Royal Sutton Coldfield’s School Grade A+ better than 96% of towns in England

Getting in
89/91
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
315 pupils
117% of its 270 places
Free school meals
10%
10 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Walmley Infant School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 315 pupils for 270 places
  • 10% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, July 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • 98% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (89 of 91)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (B76 1) sold for a median £348,000; Royal Sutton Coldfield’s is £368,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Walmley Infant School?

98% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

91
families put it first for September 2026
90
places offered
98%
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 (16), 2020 (9), 2021 (10), 2022 (12), 2023 (13), 2024 (14), 2025 (8), 2026 (2). 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. The school’s governing body sets the admissions rules. Apply through Birmingham council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Royal Sutton Coldfield, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

1.32 per place
76% got their first choice
1.30 per place
77% got their first choice
1.27 per place
79% got their first choice
1.17 per place
86% got their first choice
1.17 per place
77% got their first choice
1.10 per place
91% got their first choice
1.09 per place
86% got their first choice
1.03 per place
81% got their first choice
Walmley Infant
1.01 per place
98% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

315 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
14.3%England 15.3%
EHC plan
1.6%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
9.5%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
6.5%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 45%Boys 55%
Its letter

No letter for Walmley Infant School

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

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

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, July 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Walmley Infant School

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

Home prices in B76 1, the school’s postcode sector

Royal Sutton Coldfield property prices →
£348,000
median sale, 422 sales in 36 months · Royal Sutton Coldfield £368,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K2010201520202025B76 1Royal Sutton Coldfield
B76 1Royal Sutton Coldfield

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£450K
Semi-detached
£330K
Terraced
£263K
Flat
£160K
B76 1Royal Sutton Coldfield

Homes in B76 1 sell for a little under Royal Sutton Coldfield’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

15 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNDB+AAA−AADB−B−A−A−D−B−D−Walmley Infant School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Royal Sutton Coldfield, B76 1JB

Walmley Infant School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Walmley Infant School?

For September 2026, 91 families put Walmley Infant School first and 89 of them were offered a place; 90 places were offered in all.

What is Walmley Infant School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (July 2024).

How much do houses cost near Walmley Infant School?

Homes in its postcode sector, B76 1, sold for a median £348,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (422 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; Royal Sutton Coldfield’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.

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