Landywood Primary School
Holly Lane, Landywood, Walsall, WS6 6AQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr A Clewer
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 393
- Pupils on roll
- 408
- URN
- 124190
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01922270077
About this school
Landywood Primary School is a community primary school in Walsall. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 408 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Landywood Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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 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
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- 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 | 30 | 52 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 77% | 50% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 4% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 87% | 62% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 87% | 56% | 70% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 83% | 56% | 75% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 101.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 100.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.80 | - | - |
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 Landywood Primary 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 | Staffordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 77% | 59.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 61.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 62% | 62% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 365 |
| 2023/24 | 400 |
| 2024/25 | 404 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Landywood Primary School compares
Landywood Primary School ranked 146th of 229 primary schools in Staffordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 45% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 83% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 62% | 4.1% | 11.9% | 408 | — |
| Glenthorne Community Primary School | 66% | 4.7% | 17% | 269 | 1.0 miles |
| Moat Hall Primary Academy | 75% | 5.6% | 35% | 359 | 1.0 miles |
| St Thomas More Catholic Primary School | — | — | — | 208 | 1.3 miles |
| Cheslyn Hay Primary Academy | 71% | 5.3% | 17.1% | 453 | 1.4 miles |
| Lower Farm Primary School | 68% | 4.5% | 41.7% | 463 | 1.6 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 11.88%
- English as an additional language
- 2.5%
- Overall absence
- 4.05%
- Persistent absence
- 7.06%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Glenthorne Community Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Walsall
-
Moat Hall Primary Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Walsall
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St Thomas More Catholic Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Walsall
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Cheslyn Hay Primary Academy1.4 miles
Primary · Walsall
-
Lower Farm Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Walsall
Other schools in Walsall
Landywood Primary School ranks 29th 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 ages does Landywood Primary School teach?
- Landywood Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Walsall.
- Who is the headteacher of Landywood Primary School?
- The headteacher of Landywood Primary School is Mr A Clewer, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Landywood Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Landywood Primary 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 many pupils are at Landywood Primary School?
- Landywood Primary School has 408 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Landywood Primary School full?
- Landywood Primary School has capacity for 393 pupils and 408 on roll (104%), 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 Landywood Primary School a faith school?
- No. Landywood Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Landywood Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Landywood Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Landywood Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 77% in 2022/23 and 62% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Landywood Primary School compare with other schools in Staffordshire?
- Landywood Primary School ranked 146th of 229 primary schools in Staffordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 45% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 83% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Landywood Primary School's absence rate?
- Landywood Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Landywood Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Landywood Primary 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.