Cherry Tree School
Cherry Tree School is an independent special school in Walsall for boys and girls aged 3 to 19. It has 61 pupils and room for 130.
72 Queen Mary Street, Palfrey, Walsall, WS1 4AB01922 662460cherrytreeschool.org.ukMiss Kelly Butler headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2023: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Walsall council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 61 | 43 | 25 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Bakr Boys School | Independent | 70 m | 75 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Palfrey Junior School | Council | 310 m | 359 | Report card 2026 | 12 | Compare |
| Palfrey Infant School | Academy | 370 m | 310 | Requires improvement 2022 | – | Compare |
| Whitehall Nursery and Infant Academy | Academy | 520 m | 313 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Fullbrook Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 560 m | 120 | Outstanding 2024 | – | Compare |
| Abu Bakr Al-Ihsaan Academy | Independent | 660 m | 157 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Joseph Leckie Academy | Academy | 710 m | 1,524 | Report card 2026 | 38 | Compare |
| Caldmore Primary Academy | Academy | 760 m | 436 | No overall grade 2025 | 46 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Cherry Tree School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Cherry Tree School yet.
How many pupils does Cherry Tree School have?
61 pupils aged 3 to 19 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 130 places, so it is 47% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 72 Queen Mary Street, Palfrey, Walsall, WS1 4AB
- Telephone
- 01922 662460
- Website
- www.cherrytreeschool.org.uk
- Headteacher
- Miss Kelly Butler
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 3-19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Ward
- Palfrey
- Constituency
- Walsall and Bloxwich
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 23 October 2023 (new provision)
- URN
- 149910 · LAESTAB 3356003
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.