Sunshine Academy
Sunshine Academy is a converter academy in Walsall for boys and girls aged 3 to 7. It has 150 pupils and room for 180. About 65 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2021.
Blakenall Lane, Leamore, Walsall, WS3 1HF01922 710174sunshine.lhmat.comMiss S Corkindale headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 7 December 2021, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall.
This inspection is more than 4 years old. When Ofsted next visits, the school will get a report card instead of one grade.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
In 2026 every child who applied got a place, so how far away you live didn't matter. That could change if the school gets more popular.
We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.
How places were given out for September 2026. Every child who applied got a place (40 offers for 60 places). 36 families put it down as their first choice and 36 of them got in (100%).
| Entry | Places | Put it first | Applied at all | Got a place | First choices who got in | How far the last child lived | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Primary | 60 | 36 | 51 | 40 | 100% | – all offered | LA |
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (16), Moderate learning difficulty (11), emotional and mental health (6), Hearing impairment (1), Multi-sensory impairment (1).
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 93.6% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25† | 2023/24† | 2022/23† | 2021/22† | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 6.4% | 4.5% | 5.6% | 7.4% | 5.2% | 5.0% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 4.9% | 2.8% | 4.2% | 5.8% | 4.1% | 3.2% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 1.1% | 1.9% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 16.4% | 11.5% | 16.4% | 25.7% | 18.4% | 16.7% | 12.8% |
† These attendance figures are for Sunshine Infant and Nursery School, the school this one replaced in September 2025. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
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 primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leamore Primary School | Council | 280 m | 236 | Report card 2025 | 45 | Compare |
| Field Road Academy | Academy | 300 m | 214 | Good 2022 | – | Compare |
| Christ Church Church of England Primary School | Academy | 460 m | 459 | Good 2023 | 46 | Compare |
| Goldsmith Primary Academy | Academy | 670 m | 482 | Report card 2025 | 92 | Compare |
| Rivers Primary Academy | Academy | 1000 m | 463 | Report card 2026 | 37 | Compare |
| All Saints National Academy | Academy | 0.7 miles | 208 | Good 2024 | 4 | Compare |
| Elmore Green Primary School | Council | 0.7 miles | 314 | Good 2024 | 19 | Compare |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich | Roman Catholic | 0.7 miles | 214 | Good 2024 | 44 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Sunshine Academy a good school?
Sunshine Academy doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in December 2021.
What is Sunshine Academy's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Sunshine Academy good at its last full inspection on 7 December 2021. That was more than four years ago. When Ofsted next visits, the school will get a report card instead of a single grade.
How many pupils does Sunshine Academy have?
150 pupils aged 3 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 180 places, so it is 83% full.
What is attendance like at Sunshine Academy?
Pupils were in school 93.6% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 16% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Sunshine Academy?
The average class had 20.6 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
Does Sunshine Academy have a breakfast club?
Yes. It is on the government's free breakfast club programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Blakenall Lane, Leamore, Walsall, WS3 1HF
- Telephone
- 01922 710174
- Website
- www.sunshine.lhmat.com
- Headteacher
- Miss S Corkindale
- Free breakfast club
- Yes: on the government's programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school (listed since September 2026).
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 3-7, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Lighthouse Multi Academy Trust (9 schools)
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Ward
- Blakenall
- Constituency
- Walsall and Bloxwich
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2025 (academy converter)
- URN
- 152000 · LAESTAB 3352003 · UKPRN 10098539
- Formerly
- Sunshine Infant and Nursery School
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.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Admissions outcomes: Walsall council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2026.
- Breakfast club: DfE list of schools on the free breakfast club programme.
- 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.