St Francis Catholic Primary School
Rushall and Shelfield, WS4 1RH · Walsall local authority
Rushall and Shelfield’s School Grade C better than 34% of towns in England
What stands out about St Francis Catholic Primary School
- Its own letter, A−: Key Stage 2 results better than 79% of England’s primary schools
- 73% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 11 points above England’s schools
- Ofsted report card, July 2026: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (22 of 22)
- Homes in its postcode sector (WS4 1) sold for a median £217,250; Rushall and Shelfield’s is £220,000
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 73%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 79% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Walsall avg 61%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 105, maths 105 (100 = the expected standard)
Disadvantaged pupils, 2025
Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 13 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools
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.
How hard is it to get a place at St Francis Catholic Primary School?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. 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 Walsall council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places
100% got their first choice
Rushall and Shelfield and Walsall, side by side
2023–2025All 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. Rushall and Shelfield’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Streetly | A+ | 9% | 99% |
| St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School | A | 10% | 81% |
| Reedswood E-ACT Academy | A | 48% | 80% |
| Walsall Wood School | A | 30% | 79% |
| Manor Primary School | A | 4% | 78% |
| St Michael's Church of England C Primary School | A | 12% | 78% |
| Kings Hill Primary School | A | 40% | 77% |
| County Bridge Primary School | A | 47% | 77% |
| St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School | A | 15% | 77% |
| St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School | A | 24% | 76% |
| New Invention Learning Academy | A | 23% | 76% |
| Goldsmith Primary Academy | A− | 66% | 75% |
| Beacon Academy | A− | 50% | 75% |
| St Giles Church of England Primary School | A− | 35% | 73% |
| St Francis Catholic Primary School | A− | 29% | 73% |
| Blackwood School | A− | 6% | 73% |
| Park Hall Junior Academy | A− | 14% | 71% |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall | B+ | 38% | 70% |
| Woods Bank Academy | B+ | 67% | 70% |
| Rivers Primary Academy | B+ | 51% | 70% |
| Moorcroft Wood Academy | B+ | 58% | 70% |
| Bloxwich Academy | B | 64% | 67% |
| Castlefort Academy | B | 32% | 67% |
| Lindens Academy | B | 13% | 67% |
| Whitehall Junior Community School | B | 47% | 66% |
| Lower Farm Primary School | B | 41% | 66% |
| Millfield Primary School | B | 48% | 66% |
| Woodlands Academy of Learning | B | 34% | 65% |
| Croft Academy | B | 68% | 65% |
| Pheasey Park Farm Primary School and Early Years Centre | B | 23% | 65% |
| Meadow View Academy | B | 18% | 65% |
| Butts Primary School | B− | 41% | 64% |
| Cooper and Jordan Church of England Primary School | B− | 15% | 64% |
| Ryders Hayes School | B− | 18% | 64% |
| Whetstone Field Primary School | B− | 13% | 63% |
| Watling Street Primary School | B− | 25% | 63% |
| Blue Coat Church of England Aided Junior School | B− | 52% | 63% |
| Salisbury Primary School | B− | 54% | 62% |
| St John's Church of England Primary School | B− | 25% | 62% |
| Chuckery Primary School | B− | 46% | 62% |
| Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School | B− | 18% | 61% |
| Leamore Primary School | C+ | 50% | 60% |
| Leighswood School | C+ | 32% | 59% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Darlaston | C | 40% | 57% |
| Abbey Primary School | C | 52% | 56% |
| Jubilee Academy Mossley | C | 50% | 55% |
| North Walsall Primary Academy | C | 49% | 55% |
| Delves Junior School | C | 35% | 55% |
| Hillary Primary School | C | 42% | 55% |
| Caldmore Primary Academy | C | 59% | 54% |
| St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School | C | 41% | 54% |
| Barcroft Academy | C | 47% | 54% |
| Elmore Green Primary School | C− | 45% | 53% |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich | C− | 32% | 53% |
| Edgar Stammers Primary Academy | C− | 65% | 53% |
| Radleys Primary School | C− | 37% | 52% |
| Fibbersley Park Academy | C− | 37% | 51% |
| Palfrey Junior School | C− | 51% | 50% |
| Short Heath Junior School | C− | 51% | 50% |
| Christ Church Church of England Primary School | C− | 51% | 50% |
| Alumwell Junior School | C− | 56% | 49% |
| Pinfold Street Primary School | C− | 54% | 49% |
| Brownhills West Primary School | C− | 60% | 49% |
| Rushall Primary School | C− | 33% | 48% |
| St James Academy | C− | 49% | 48% |
| King Charles Primary School | D | 47% | 47% |
| Old Church Church of England C Primary School | D | 46% | 47% |
| Field Road Academy | D | 68% | 44% |
| Lodge Farm Primary School | D | 42% | 43% |
| Busill Jones Primary School | D | 51% | 43% |
| Pelsall Village School | D− | 44% | 38% |
| Greenfield Primary School | D− | 41% | 36% |
| Birchills Church of England Community Academy | D− | 43% | 35% |
| All Saints National Academy | D− | 60% | 31% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025212 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.
Girls and boys
St Francis Catholic Primary School’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
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.
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 inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Report card, inspection starting July 2026.
Before the report card: Graded inspection: Good, March 2022.
Living near St Francis Catholic Primary School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in WS4 1, the school’s postcode sector
Rushall and Shelfield property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in WS4 1 sell for about the same as Rushall and Shelfield’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
16 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Rushall and Shelfield, WS4 1RH
St Francis Catholic Primary School: common questions
Is St Francis Catholic Primary School a good school?
By its published results, well above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 79% of England’s primary schools (its letter is A−), with 73% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: a report card in July 2026.
How hard is it to get into St Francis Catholic Primary School?
For September 2026, 22 families put St Francis Catholic Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 26 places were offered in all.
What is St Francis Catholic Primary School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection (July 2026) gave a report card: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.
How much do houses cost near St Francis Catholic Primary School?
Homes in its postcode sector, WS4 1, sold for a median £217,250 over the 36 months to August 2026 (430 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; Rushall and Shelfield’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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