Pelsall Village School
Old Town Lane, Pelsall, Walsall, WS3 4NJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Glyn Bagley
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Aldridge-Brownhills
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 330
- Pupils on roll
- 259
- URN
- 104214
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01922682073
About this school
Pelsall Village School is a community primary school in Walsall. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 259 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 51 | 48 | 45 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 49% | 46% | 18% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 2% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 59% | 77% | 60% |
| Expected standard in maths | 73% | 65% | 49% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 57% | 56% | 38% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 106.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 102.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +4.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.00 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Pelsall Village School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Walsall average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 49% | 56.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 46% | 57.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 18% | 57.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 296 |
| 2023/24 | 295 |
| 2024/25 | 278 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Pelsall Village School compares
Pelsall Village School ranked 61st of 61 primary schools in Walsall for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 5% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 18% | 6.4% | 46.3% | 259 | — |
| St Michael's Church of England C Primary School | 72% | 4.2% | 12.1% | 460 | 0.4 miles |
| Ryders Hayes School | 63% | 4.4% | 18.7% | 463 | 0.5 miles |
| Little Bloxwich CofE VC Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.7 miles |
| Rivers Primary Academy | 54% | 6.5% | 49.5% | 463 | 0.9 miles |
| Rushall Primary School | — | — | — | 260 | 1.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report6 May 2026
- 17 May 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 46.27%
- English as an additional language
- 11.5%
- Overall absence
- 6.39%
- Persistent absence
- 18.25%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Michael's Church of England C Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Walsall
-
Ryders Hayes School0.5 miles
Primary · Walsall
-
Little Bloxwich CofE VC Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Walsall
-
Rivers Primary Academy0.9 miles
Primary · Walsall
-
Rushall Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Walsall
Other schools in Walsall
Pelsall Village School ranks 51st of the 51 ranked primary schools in Walsall.
- Abbey Primary School Primary
- All Saints National Academy Primary
- Alumwell Infant School Primary
- Alumwell Junior School Primary
- Beacon Academy Primary
- Bentley West Primary School Primary
- Birchills Church of England Community Academy Primary
- Blue Coat Church of England Aided Infant School Primary
- Blue Coat Church of England Aided Junior School Primary
- Brownhills West Primary School Primary
- Busill Jones Primary School Primary
- Butts Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Pelsall Village School teach?
- Pelsall Village School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Walsall.
- Who is the headteacher of Pelsall Village School?
- The headteacher of Pelsall Village School is Mr Glyn Bagley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Pelsall Village School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Pelsall Village School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Pelsall Village School?
- Pelsall Village School has 259 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Pelsall Village School full?
- Pelsall Village School has capacity for 330 pupils and 259 on roll (78%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Pelsall Village School a faith school?
- No. Pelsall Village School has no designated religious character.
- Does Pelsall Village School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Pelsall Village School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Pelsall Village School have?
- The schools register lists Pelsall Village School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Pelsall Village School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 49% in 2022/23 and 18% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Pelsall Village School rank locally?
- Pelsall Village School ranked 61st of 61 primary schools in Walsall for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 5% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Pelsall Village School's absence rate?
- Pelsall Village School's overall absence rate is 6.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Pelsall Village School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Pelsall Village School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.