Old Hall School
Bentley Lane, Walsall, WS2 7LU
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Matthew Ball
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton North East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 80
- Pupils on roll
- 134
- URN
- 104274
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01902368045
About this school
Old Hall School is a community special school in Walsall. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 134 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 26 | 9 | 22 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.00 | - | - |
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 Old Hall 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 | 0% | 56.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 57.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 57.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 102 |
| 2023/24 | 104 |
| 2024/25 | 109 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 64.22%
- English as an additional language
- 22.9%
- Overall absence
- 8.99%
- Persistent absence
- 21.43%
Location
Nearby schools
-
New Leaf School0.4 miles
Academies · Walsall
-
Mary Elliot Academy0.7 miles
Academies · Walsall
-
Jane Lane School0.7 miles
Special schools · Walsall
-
Castle School1.1 miles
Special schools · Walsall
-
Phoenix Academy1.1 miles
Academies · Walsall
Other schools in Walsall
- Bescot Hall Special schools
- Castle School Special schools
- Cherry Tree School Special schools
- Elmwood School Academies
- Jane Lane School Special schools
- Mary Elliot Academy Academies
- New Leaf School Academies
- Oakwood School Academies
- Phoenix Academy Academies
- Ryecroft School Special schools
- The Ladder School Free Schools
- Alumwell Nursery School Nursery
Common questions
- What year groups does Old Hall School teach?
- Old Hall School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a special school in Walsall.
- Who is the headteacher of Old Hall School?
- The headteacher of Old Hall School is Mr Matthew Ball, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Old Hall School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Old Hall 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 Old Hall School?
- Old Hall School has 134 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Old Hall School full?
- Old Hall School has capacity for 80 pupils and 134 on roll (168%), so it is at or above 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 Old Hall School a faith school?
- No. Old Hall School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Old Hall School have?
- The schools register lists Old Hall School's special educational needs provision as: SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Old Hall School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Old Hall School's absence rate?
- Old Hall School's overall absence rate is 9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Old Hall School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Old Hall 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 29 June 2026.