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Barlaston CofE (VC) First School

  • 3–9Ages
  • 113Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 124233URN

Barlaston CE (VC) First School, Broughton Crescent, Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, ST12 9DB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
0.3 below Staffordshire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Staffordshire

38 applications for 24 places · 173rd of 235 in Staffordshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 14 May 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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
1.6applications per place, Reception
0.3 below Staffordshire median (1.9) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

38 applications · 24 places offered · 23 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  5. 2022 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  6. 2021 2.3; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  7. 2020 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  8. 2019 1.7; Staffordshire median median 2.0
  9. 2018 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  10. 2017 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  13. 2014 1.4; 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202624381.6230.96
Sep 202527451.7250.93
Sep 202424401.7230.96
Sep 202329461.6240.83
Sep 202222432.0210.95
Sep 202120452.3201.00
Sep 202030632.1331.10
Sep 201923381.7180.78
Sep 201823452.0220.96
Sep 201729481.7260.90
Sep 201625461.8251.00
Sep 201527461.7220.81
Sep 201424341.4190.79

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
Voluntary controlled school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
124233 · 860/3027
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
150 pupils · 113 on roll
Free school meals
8.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Barlaston CE (VC) First School, Broughton Crescent, Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, ST12 9DB
Local authority
Staffordshire · Stafford

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