St Francis Catholic Primary School
Primary schoolSt Francis Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Walsall, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 207 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 7 July 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 67% of pupils at St Francis Catholic Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 59% in Walsall and 62% in England.
7% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Walsall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 59% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 7% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Greenfield Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 34% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)490 m
- Ormiston Shelfield Community AcademySecondary. Good (overall), January 2023. Attainment 8 of 39.6 (2025/26, provisional)680 m
- Rushall Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, December 2019820 m
- Radleys Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, February 2025. 45% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- St Michael's Church of England C Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), May 2024. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 km
- Elmwood SchoolSpecial. Good (overall), September 2022, before the school changed1.5 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Walsall
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).