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Croft Academy

General Information

Address: Croft Street, Walsall, WS2 8JE
Phone: 01922720689
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Miss Samantha Crisp
Age range: 2-11 years
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: None
Number of pupils: 246
School capacity: 241
Pupils eligible for free school meals: 136
% eligible for free school meals: 68.0%
Nursery provision: Yes

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Behaviour information for this school has not been added yet.

Attendance

Overall absence: 5.4%
Persistently absent pupils: 14.1%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

SEN provision information for this school has not been added yet.

Pupils on SEN Support: 13.4%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.7%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 21 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
Physical disability: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
Profound and multiple learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Severe learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Behaviour

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Teaching Quality

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Ability to Deal with Problems

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2024 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

Educational attainment data for this school has not been added yet.

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Financials

Financial summary information for this school has not been added yet.

Spending per pupil: £7,922 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

Ranked #6 of 57 Spending Per Pupil schools of this type in the area

#4Woods Bank Academy£8,043
#5Busill Jones Primary School£7,932
#6Croft Academy£7,922
#7St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall£7,814
#8Ryders Hayes School£7,803

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

#1Bloxwich Academy£9,162
#2All Saints National Academy£8,601
#3St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School£8,355
#4Woods Bank Academy£8,043
#5Busill Jones Primary School£7,932
#6Croft Academy£7,922
#7St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall£7,814
#8Ryders Hayes School£7,803
#9Butts Primary School£7,799
#10Edgar Stammers Primary Academy£7,727
#11King Charles Primary School£7,638
#12Bentley West Primary School£7,613
#13Pelsall Village School£7,545
#14Pinfold Street Primary School£7,484
#15North Walsall Primary Academy£7,444
#16Millfield Primary School£7,428
#17St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School£7,411
#18Leamore Primary School£7,400
#19Elmore Green Primary School£7,391
#20Pheasey Park Farm Primary School and Early Years Centre£7,321
#21Brownhills West Primary School£7,309
#22Walsall Wood School£7,298
#23Greenfield Primary School£7,272
#24Salisbury Primary School£7,255
#25St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich£7,248
#26Kings Hill Primary School£7,240
#27Leighswood School£7,225
#28County Bridge Primary School£7,147
#29St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School£7,101
#30Jubilee Academy Mossley£7,072
#31Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School£7,043
#32Radleys Primary School£7,035
#33Watling Street Primary School£7,011
#34Birchills Church of England Community Academy£6,947
#35St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Darlaston£6,919
#36Lower Farm Primary School£6,897
#37Goldsmith Primary Academy£6,863
#38Caldmore Primary Academy£6,806
#39Chuckery Primary School£6,746
#40Whetstone Field Primary School£6,617
#41St John's Church of England Primary School£6,563
#42Woodlands Academy of Learning£6,538
#43Lodge Farm Primary School£6,534
#44St Giles Church of England Primary School£6,530
#45Fibbersley Park Academy£6,524
#46Manor Primary School£6,480
#47Reedswood E-ACT Academy£6,438
#48St Francis Catholic Primary School£6,406
#49St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School£6,352
#50Rivers Primary Academy£6,344
#51St Michael's Church of England C Primary School£6,134
#52St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Streetly£6,059
#53Cooper and Jordan Church of England Primary School£5,871
#54Blackwood School£5,592
#55Christ Church Church of England Primary School£5,117
#56Rushall Primary School£2,449
#57Hillary Primary School£1,742

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