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Christ Church (Church of England) Infant and Nursery School

PrimaryAges 3–7Voluntary controlledChurch of England

Wolverhampton, WV6 8EL · Wolverhampton local authority

Wolverhampton’s School Grade B better than 62% of towns in England

Getting in
59/71
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
203 pupils
113% of its 180 places
Free school meals
19%
19 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Christ Church (Church of England) Infant and Nursery School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 203 pupils for 180 places
  • Ofsted: Outstanding, April 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • 83% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (59 of 71)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (WV6 8) sold for a median £315,000; Wolverhampton’s is £220,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Christ Church (Church of England) Infant and Nursery School?

83% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

71
families put it first for September 2026
60
places offered
83%
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 (1), 2024 (4), 2025 (14), 2026 (12). 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. Wolverhampton council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Wolverhampton council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Wolverhampton, September 2026

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

1.53 per place
61% got their first choice
1.37 per place
73% got their first choice
1.32 per place
76% got their first choice
1.23 per place
81% got their first choice
1.23 per place
78% got their first choice
Christ Church (Church of England) Infant and Nursery
1.18 per place
83% got their first choice
1.18 per place
83% got their first choice
1.17 per place
83% got their first choice
1.17 per place
71% got their first choice
1.12 per place
88% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

215 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
11.6%England 15.3%
EHC plan
1.9%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
13%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
25.9%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 47%Boys 53%
Its letter

No letter for Christ Church (Church of England) Infant and Nursery 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.

Graded inspection: Outstanding, April 2024. Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving), March 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Christ Church (Church of England) Infant and Nursery School

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

Home prices in WV6 8, the school’s postcode sector

Wolverhampton property prices →
£315,000
median sale, 457 sales in 36 months · Wolverhampton £220,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K2010201520202025WV6 8Wolverhampton
WV6 8Wolverhampton

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£495K
Semi-detached
£265K
Terraced
£230K
Flat
£145K
WV6 8Wolverhampton

Homes in WV6 8 sell for well over Wolverhampton’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

19 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB−BC−BB+B−B−AA+A−D−C−BB+BBChrist Church (Church of En…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Wolverhampton, WV6 8EL

Christ Church (Church of England) Infant and Nursery School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Christ Church (Church of England) Infant and Nursery School?

For September 2026, 71 families put Christ Church (Church of England) Infant and Nursery School first and 59 of them were offered a place; 60 places were offered in all.

What is Christ Church (Church of England) Infant and Nursery School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Outstanding (April 2024).

How much do houses cost near Christ Church (Church of England) Infant and Nursery School?

Homes in its postcode sector, WV6 8, sold for a median £315,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (457 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; Wolverhampton’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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