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Gorsemoor Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 384Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 124183URN

Gorsemoor School, Gorsemoor Road, Heath Hayes, Cannock, WS12 3TG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Feb 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
0.3 above Staffordshire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Staffordshire

132 applications for 59 places · 57th of 235 in Staffordshire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
65%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 10 February 2026Published 19 April 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 10 February 2026
    Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
  2. 28 September 2021
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
2.2applications per place, Reception
0.3 above Staffordshire median (1.9) close to England median (2.2)

132 applications · 59 places offered · 80 named it first

  1. 2026 2.2; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  4. 2023 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  5. 2022 2.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  6. 2021 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  7. 2020 2.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  8. 2019 2.1; Staffordshire median median 2.0
  9. 2018 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  10. 2017 2.2; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 2.4; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 2.3; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  13. 2014 2.4; Staffordshire median median 1.8
More applications per place than the Staffordshire median in 13 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026591322.2801.36
Sep 2025571122.0550.96
Sep 2024561142.0450.80
Sep 2023601262.1570.95
Sep 2022481242.6430.90
Sep 2021601232.1570.95
Sep 2020381042.7340.89
Sep 2019601252.1601.00
Sep 2018751542.1761.01
Sep 2017751632.2781.04
Sep 2016751832.4761.01
Sep 2015751752.3851.13
Sep 2014751802.4861.15

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 80% · Writing 72% · Maths 78% → all three 65% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard65%121st of 212 in Staffordshire
Reading
Expected standard80%
Higher standard31%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard72%
Greater depth5%
Maths
Expected standard78%
Higher standard27%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Staffordshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2565%5%106105
2023/2455%0%102103
2022/2360%0%104102

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • 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
124183 · 860/2386
Capacity
600 pupils · 384 on roll
Free school meals
14.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Gorsemoor School, Gorsemoor Road, Heath Hayes, Cannock, WS12 3TG
Local authority
Staffordshire · Cannock Chase

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources