Barcroft Primary School
Barcroft, Willenhall, WV13 1NA
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
It was replaced by Barcroft Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Simon Griffiths
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton South East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 472
- Pupils on roll
- 454
- URN
- 135081
- Local authority
- Walsall
About this school
Barcroft Primary School was a community primary school in Willenhall. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 454 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Barcroft Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2005, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 63 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 60% | 47% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 8% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 65% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 68% | 68% | 70% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 75% | 73% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.70 | - | - |
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 Barcroft 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 | Walsall average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 55% | 56.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 60% | 57.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 47% | 57.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 459 |
| 2023/24 | 476 |
| 2024/25 | 454 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Barcroft Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 18% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 19% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 47% | 7.7% | 45.5% | 454 | — |
| Barcroft Academy | — | — | — | 453 | 0.0 miles |
| St Giles Church of England Primary School | 77% | 5% | 37.1% | 449 | 0.4 miles |
| Bentley West Primary School | 38% | 6.8% | 42.4% | 436 | 0.7 miles |
| County Bridge Primary School | 77% | 4.6% | 45.5% | 229 | 0.7 miles |
| Short Heath Junior School | 33% | 9.2% | 45.8% | 305 | 0.7 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 45.52%
- English as an additional language
- 24.4%
- Overall absence
- 7.65%
- Persistent absence
- 21.95%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Barcroft Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Willenhall
-
St Giles Church of England Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Willenhall
-
Bentley West Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Walsall
-
County Bridge Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Walsall
-
Short Heath Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Willenhall
Other schools in Willenhall
- Barcroft Academy Primary
- Fibbersley Park Academy Primary
- Lodge Farm Primary School Primary
- New Invention Infant School Primary
- New Invention Learning Academy Primary
- Pool Hayes Primary School Primary
- Rosedale Church of England C Infant School Primary
- Short Heath Junior School Primary
- St Giles Church of England Primary School Primary
- Stow Heath Primary School Primary
- Woodlands Academy of Learning Primary
- Lane Head Nursery School Nursery
Common questions
- What year groups does Barcroft Primary School teach?
- Barcroft Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Willenhall.
- Has Barcroft Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Barcroft Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Barcroft Primary School?
- Barcroft Primary School had 454 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Barcroft Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 55% in 2022/23 and 47% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Barcroft Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Barcroft 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 31 August 2025.