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Use our free interactive tool to check whether any Walsall property falls within primary or secondary school catchment zones. Walsall is one of the few West Midlands boroughs to retain selective education, so secondary planning here means understanding both the entrance test and conventional distance-based catchment.
Free interactive map — enter any Walsall, Aldridge, Bloxwich or Streetly postcode and see exactly which catchment areas it falls within.
Queen Mary's Grammar School (boys) and Queen Mary's High School (girls) are selective state schools admitting on entrance test performance rather than catchment distance. Walsall's other secondaries are comprehensive and allocate on distance, with schools serving Aldridge and Streetly typically the most oversubscribed.
Walsall Council is the admissions authority for community primary and secondary schools. After looked-after children, EHC-plan holders and siblings, places are normally allocated by straight-line distance from the home address to the school.
For the borough's grammar schools, admission is decided by entrance test taken in Year 6. Distance may be used only as a tiebreaker among candidates of equal rank. Walsall also has academies and voluntary-aided faith schools with their own criteria.
Walsall Council publishes annual admissions information including the furthest distance offered at each oversubscribed school. Search 'Walsall school admissions' on the Walsall Council website.
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Click "Add School" and search by school name or postcode. The tool locates it on the interactive map automatically.
Add the radius from the school's admissions data. You can enter distances in metres for precision.
Use "Check Address" to test any Walsall address. It will show you exactly how far inside or outside the catchment that property sits.
Our tool works for schools across Walsall and surrounding areas:
For Walsall's comprehensive schools, distance decides. Our tool measures to the metre.
See how Walsall catchments have shifted year on year before you commit to a property.
Plot up to 5 Walsall schools at once to compare selective and non-selective options.
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Walsall has Queen Mary's Grammar School for boys and Queen Mary's High School for girls. Both are selective state schools admitting on entrance test performance rather than catchment distance.
Comprehensive schools serving Aldridge, Streetly and Pheasey are typically the most oversubscribed in the borough.
Yes. You can name schools in neighbouring authorities on your Walsall application. Note that Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield also have selective schools with their own entrance tests.
Search 'Walsall school admissions' on the Walsall Council website for the furthest distance offered at each oversubscribed school.
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