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Voluntary controlled school · Staffordshire

St Chad's CofE (VC) First School

  • 3–9Ages
  • 101Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 124269URN

Pattingham, Wolverhampton, WV6 7AQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

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

36 applications for 23 places · 175th of 235 in Staffordshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 3 March 2026Published 23 April 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceStrong 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. 3 March 2026
    Report card · 3 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
  2. 30 November 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains 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
1.6applications per place, Reception
0.3 below Staffordshire median (1.9) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

36 applications · 23 places offered · 22 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.3; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  5. 2022 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  6. 2021 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  8. 2019 1.8; Staffordshire median median 2.0
  9. 2018 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  10. 2017 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  13. 2014 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.8
More applications per place than the Staffordshire median in 1 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 202623361.6220.96
Sep 202523361.6210.91
Sep 202427351.3271.00
Sep 202317281.7171.00
Sep 202220311.6180.90
Sep 202129461.6280.97
Sep 202026361.4250.96
Sep 201924421.8251.04
Sep 201825441.8230.92
Sep 201726361.4240.92
Sep 201622361.6190.86
Sep 201520381.9180.90
Sep 201427401.5240.89

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
124269 · 860/3098
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
150 pupils · 101 on roll
Free school meals
13.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 January 1900
Address
Pattingham, Wolverhampton, WV6 7AQ
Local authority
Staffordshire · South Staffordshire

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