Park Hall Junior Academy
Park Hall Road, Walsall, WS5 3HF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- THE LORINERS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Kelly Bracebridge
- Constituency
- Aldridge-Brownhills
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 408
- Pupils on roll
- 409
- URN
- 137797
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01922720761
About this school
Park Hall Junior Academy is a primary academy in Walsall. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 409 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
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- 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 | 105 | 105 | 102 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 70% | 74% | 68% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 12% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 86% | 89% | 89% |
| Expected standard in maths | 86% | 86% | 82% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 93% | 91% | 89% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 108.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.30 | - | - |
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 Park Hall Junior Academy 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 | 70% | 56.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 74% | 57.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 68% | 57.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 415 |
| 2023/24 | 412 |
| 2024/25 | 410 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Park Hall Junior Academy compares
Park Hall Junior Academy ranked 26th of 61 primary schools in Walsall for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 61% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 68% | 4.4% | 14.2% | 409 | — |
| Park Hall Infant Academy | — | 4.3% | 8.9% | 310 | 0.0 miles |
| Yew Tree Primary School | 50% | 5.1% | 45.4% | 615 | 0.8 miles |
| St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School | 73% | 4.4% | 20.1% | 235 | 0.9 miles |
| Whitehall Junior Community School | 70% | 7.2% | 45.8% | 340 | 0.9 miles |
| Delves Infant School | — | — | — | 335 | 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 14.15%
- English as an additional language
- 68%
- Overall absence
- 4.39%
- Persistent absence
- 6.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Park Hall Infant Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Walsall
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Yew Tree Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Walsall
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St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Walsall
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Whitehall Junior Community School0.9 miles
Primary · Walsall
-
Delves Infant School1.0 miles
Primary · Walsall
Other schools in Walsall
Park Hall Junior Academy ranks 18th 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 Park Hall Junior Academy teach?
- Park Hall Junior Academy teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Walsall.
- Who is the headteacher of Park Hall Junior Academy?
- The headteacher of Park Hall Junior Academy is Ms Kelly Bracebridge, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Park Hall Junior Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Park Hall Junior Academy, 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 Park Hall Junior Academy?
- Park Hall Junior Academy has 409 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Park Hall Junior Academy full?
- Park Hall Junior Academy has capacity for 408 pupils and 409 on roll (100%), 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 Park Hall Junior Academy a faith school?
- No. Park Hall Junior Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Park Hall Junior Academy have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Park Hall Junior Academy as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Park Hall Junior Academy?
- Park Hall Junior Academy is part of THE LORINERS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Park Hall Junior Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 70% in 2022/23 and 68% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Park Hall Junior Academy rank locally?
- Park Hall Junior Academy ranked 26th of 61 primary schools in Walsall for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 61% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Park Hall Junior Academy's absence rate?
- Park Hall Junior Academy's overall absence rate is 4.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Park Hall Junior Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Park Hall Junior Academy'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.