Palfrey Infant School
Primary school in Walsall. Requires improvement (Oct 2022).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 11 October 2022, report published 24 November 2022, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
This grade was given to Palfrey Infant School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Palfrey Infant School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around April 2025
The last inspection was in October 2022. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2028 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- Under 0.1 milesPalfrey Junior School
Report card, Mar 2026: 5 expected, 1 needs attention
- 0.3 milesCaldmore Primary Academy
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Mar 2025)
- 0.3 milesWhitehall Nursery and Infant Academy
Report card, Jun 2026: 1 strong, 5 expected, 1 needs attention
- 0.5 milesHillary Primary School
Requires improvement (Jun 2023)
- 0.6 milesWhitehall Junior Community School
Good (Nov 2022)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.