Academy sponsor led · Staffordshire

Churchfields Primary School

3–11Ages
391Pupils
PrimaryPhase
140195URN

School Street, Chesterton, Newcastle, ST5 7HY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.7per place

0.3 below Staffordshire median (1.9)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Staffordshire

66 applications for 40 places · 162nd of 235 in Staffordshire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

44%met the expected standard

Staffordshire 67% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 25 February 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		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

1.7applications per place, Reception

0.3 below Staffordshire median (1.9) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

66 applications · 40 places offered · 40 named it first

2026 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2025 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2024 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2023 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2022 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2021 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2020 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2019 1.4; Staffordshire median median 2.0
2018 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2017 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2016 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2015 1.1; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2014 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.8

More applications per place than the Staffordshire median in 0 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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	40	66	1.7	40	1.00
Sep 2025	28	47	1.7	28	1.00
Sep 2024	51	79	1.6	51	1.00
Sep 2023	45	64	1.4	43	0.96
Sep 2022	51	91	1.8	51	1.00
Sep 2021	48	69	1.4	45	0.94
Sep 2020	48	75	1.6	47	0.98
Sep 2019	60	84	1.4	57	0.95
Sep 2018	43	69	1.6	39	0.91
Sep 2017	60	89	1.5	59	0.98
Sep 2016	59	82	1.4	59	1.00
Sep 2015	53	59	1.1	38	0.72
Sep 2014	33	47	1.4	32	0.97

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 50% · Writing 54% · Maths 60% → all three 44% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard44%192nd of 212 in Staffordshire

Staffordshire 67% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard50%

Staffordshire 81% England 78%

Higher standard25%

Staffordshire 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard54%

Staffordshire 78% England 75%

Greater depth4%

Staffordshire 12% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard60%

Staffordshire 80% England 77%

Higher standard19%

Staffordshire 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Staffordshire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	44%	2%	103	102
2023/24	66%	2%	105	106
2022/23	48%	5%	103	103

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

Churchfields Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.7applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
Chesterton Primary School
0.6 km · Staffordshire

2025

2.1applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
Sun Academy Bradwell
0.8 km · Staffordshire

Remains Good2024

2.0applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Bursley Academy
1.3 km · Staffordshire

Requires improvement2024

1.5applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Crackley Bank Primary School
1.3 km · Staffordshire

Good2023

1.5applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
Hempstalls Primary School
1.9 km · Staffordshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.0applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
Ellison Primary Academy
2.0 km · Staffordshire

Good2023

2.2applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
St Chad's CofE (C) Primary School
2.1 km · Staffordshire

Remains Good2023

1.8applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
Knutton St Marys CofE Academy
2.1 km · Staffordshire

Some aspects not as strong2025

1.7applications per place 32%met the SATs standard

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: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 140195 · 860/2005
Trust: Collective Vision Trust
Capacity: 415 pupils · 391 on roll
Free school meals: 30.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 December 2013
Replaced: Churchfields Primary School (URN 124181)
Address: School Street, Chesterton, Newcastle, ST5 7HY
Local authority: Staffordshire · Newcastle-under-Lyme

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