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Elmore Green Primary School

Community school in Walsall, WS3 2HW, taking ages 4 to 11, 314 on roll.

Good Ofsted, May 2024
1.09 mi Admitted from, 2025/26
100% Full
48.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In 2025/26, the furthest child offered a place lived 1.09 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

The circle is 1.09 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26.

This is not a catchment area. 1.09 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Elmore Green Primary School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside it; each opens the district's guide.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

One published year so far: 2025/26, from Walsall. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.

Source: Walsall, published admission distances, 2025/26

Two schools, both in reach

Two children, or a first and second preference? Add a second school to see where both are in reach, cheapest districts first. Only a school with a published distance can be added.

If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Walsall, 72 of 353 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (20.4%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to Elmore Green Primary School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Leamore Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.4 mi 2025/26 0.6 mi
Lower Farm Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.71 mi 2025/26 1.0 mi
Rivers Primary Academy Both in reach Primary 0.61 mi 2025/26 1.0 mi
Goldsmith Primary Academy Both in reach Primary 0.6 mi 2025/26 1.1 mi
New Invention Learning Academy Both in reach Primary 0.06 mi 2025/26 1.5 mi
North Walsall Primary Academy Both in reach Primary 0.23 mi 2025/26 1.6 mi

The distance as a picture

Elmore Green Primary School catchment area map: the 1.09 mile admission distance, 2025/26 and the postcode districts inside it
Drawn to scale from the published figure, with the districts whose centre falls inside. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 314 pupils in 315 places (100% full)
Local authorityWalsall

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Good, inspected 07 May 2024. Ungraded inspection, May 2024: school remains Good
Meeting the expected standard 48.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearMeeting the expected standard
2024/25 48.0%
2023/24 52.0%
2022/23 58.0%

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Elmore Green Primary School

Girls and boys49.7% girls, 50.3% boys
English as an additional language8.6% of pupils
Free school meals45.2% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

What it costs to live within reach of Elmore Green Primary School

Cheapest district inside the 1.09 miles: WS3, median £190,000.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
WS3 Walsall 0.7 mi £190,000 123 sales
How to read this

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 1.09 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.

Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide

Getting to Elmore Green Primary School by bus

Best-served stop: Elmore Row, 0.2 mi away, with 18.2 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 05:19, last 00:21 after midnight.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Central Drive0.1 mi1.80.00.0326
Central Drive0.1 mi1.80.00.0326
Elmore Row0.2 mi18.26.27.631, 29, 32, X51, 23, 25

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

Weighing Elmore Green Primary School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around WS3: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at WS3 2HW, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →

Checking the house as well as the school

The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for Elmore Green Primary School?

Elmore Green Primary School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2025/26 lived 1.09 miles away, per Walsall.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Elmore Green Primary School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 1.09 miles was enough in 2025/26, and at 100% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Elmore Green Primary School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

Every Walsall school's distance

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