Graded inspection · Dec 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Staffordshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry112 applications · 58 places offered · 55 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 2.3; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2023 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2022 2.3; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2020 2.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2019 2.3; Staffordshire median median 2.0
- 2018 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2017 2.4; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2016 2.5; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2015 2.6; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2014 2.2; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- This school
- Staffordshire median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 58 | 112 | 1.9 | 55 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 50 | 96 | 1.9 | 50 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 58 | 133 | 2.3 | 57 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 59 | 121 | 2.1 | 61 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2022 | 56 | 131 | 2.3 | 53 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2021 | 60 | 116 | 1.9 | 56 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 153 | 2.6 | 73 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2019 | 60 | 135 | 2.3 | 63 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2018 | 60 | 128 | 2.1 | 60 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 143 | 2.4 | 70 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2016 | 60 | 147 | 2.5 | 86 | 1.43 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 154 | 2.6 | 74 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2014 | 60 | 129 | 2.2 | 72 | 1.20 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- May Bank Infants' SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.9applications per place
- 0.6 km · StaffordshireStandards maintained20252.2applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · StaffordshireRemains Good · improving202369%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · StaffordshireGraded · no overall grade20242.0applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · StaffordshireGood20232.2applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Stoke-on-TrentGraded · no overall grade20241.1applications per place 30%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · Stoke-on-TrentImproved significantly20241.5applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · StaffordshireGood20232.0applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20221.9applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 124115 · 860/2256
- Capacity
- 180 pupils · 173 on roll
- Free school meals
- 4.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Basford Park Road, May Bank, Newcastle, ST5 0PT
- Local authority
- Staffordshire · Newcastle-under-Lyme
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources