Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Staffordshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 23 June 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 18 May 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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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 entry89 applications · 39 places offered · 35 named it first
- 2026 2.3; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2025 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2023 2.2; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2022 2.2; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2021 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2020 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2019 2.4; Staffordshire median median 2.0
- 2018 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2017 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2016 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2015 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2014 2.1; 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 | 39 | 89 | 2.3 | 35 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2025 | 35 | 75 | 2.1 | 34 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 38 | 75 | 2.0 | 37 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 49 | 108 | 2.2 | 44 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2022 | 44 | 97 | 2.2 | 44 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 55 | 115 | 2.1 | 51 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 126 | 2.1 | 60 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 44 | 104 | 2.4 | 41 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 | 59 | 114 | 1.9 | 67 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2017 | 57 | 108 | 1.9 | 51 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2016 | 47 | 100 | 2.1 | 46 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 119 | 2.0 | 58 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2014 | 45 | 96 | 2.1 | 51 | 1.13 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Pirehill First SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.3applications per place
- 0.5 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20232.0applications per place
- 1.1 km · Staffordshire20262.1applications per place 92%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20231.9applications per place
- 1.2 km · StaffordshireStandards maintained20242.4applications per place
- 3.0 km · StaffordshireStandards maintained20242.0applications per place
- 3.3 km · StaffordshireGood20231.5applications per place
- 5.5 km · StaffordshireGood20241.6applications per place
- 6.1 km · StaffordshireGood20232.8applications per place
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 124164 · 860/2345
- Capacity
- 300 pupils · 245 on roll
- Free school meals
- 19.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Tilling Drive, Walton, Pirehill First School Staffordshire County Council, Stone, ST15 0AA
- Local authority
- Staffordshire · Stafford
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources