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Nursery · WS3 · Walsall

Valley Nursery School

Blakenall Heath, Blakenall, Walsall, WS3 1HT

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OfstedNo overall grade

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedNo overall grade
Attendance (2024/25)Not published
Attainment (2024/25)–
Roll vs capacityCapacity not published
Pupils170

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

No overall grade

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Standards maintained

Report published 10 Apr 2025.

Inspection history

  • Latest ungradedSchool remains Outstanding
  • Previous gradedOutstanding

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in WS3. Where we have them, council (Walsall) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
170
Free school meals
0%
42.3% below district average (42.3%)

Also: Walsall 35.3% · England 24%

SEN
11.6%
15.6% below district average (27.2%)

Also: Walsall 19.1% · England 19.6%

EAL
19.7%
7.7% above district average (12%)
Attendance
Not published

Also: Walsall 92.7% · England 93.4%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the WS3 average; the darker bar is this school.

Attainment
–

Admissions

Applications and offers

Applications and offers are not published for this school in the DfE school-level data for September 2026 entry.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Capacity not published
Published capacity (GIAS)
Not published
Pupils on roll
170

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Walsall page.

SEN support

SEN %
11.6%

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near Valley Nursery School

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

Other nearby schools

All schools in WS3 · Schools in Walsall

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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