Academy sponsor led · Staffordshire

Heath Hayes Primary Academy

3–11Ages
203Pupils
PrimaryPhase
140490URN

Wimblebury Road, Heath Hayes, Cannock, WS12 2EP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Nov 2025

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.8per place

0.9 above Staffordshire median (1.9)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Staffordshire

85 applications for 30 places · 15th of 235 in Staffordshire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

61%met the expected standard

Staffordshire 67% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 18 November 2025Published 24 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Strong standard	Expected standard
Inclusion		Strong 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

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

Inspection history

18 November 2025
Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
10 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

2.8applications per place, Reception

0.9 above Staffordshire median (1.9) 0.6 above England median (2.2)

85 applications · 30 places offered · 29 named it first

2026 2.8; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2025 3.5; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2024 2.9; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2023 2.8; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2022 2.8; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2021 3.2; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2020 3.4; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2019 2.8; Staffordshire median median 2.0
2018 2.4; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2017 2.3; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2016 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2015 2.2; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2014 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.8

More applications per place than the Staffordshire median in 12 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	30	85	2.8	29	0.97
Sep 2025	26	90	3.5	21	0.81
Sep 2024	30	88	2.9	27	0.90
Sep 2023	30	83	2.8	25	0.83
Sep 2022	29	82	2.8	26	0.90
Sep 2021	25	80	3.2	23	0.92
Sep 2020	21	72	3.4	19	0.90
Sep 2019	30	83	2.8	38	1.27
Sep 2018	26	61	2.4	26	1.00
Sep 2017	19	44	2.3	17	0.89
Sep 2016	18	36	2.0	13	0.72
Sep 2015	20	43	2.2	17	0.85
Sep 2014	17	25	1.5	14	0.82

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 71% · Writing 71% · Maths 79% → all three 61% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard61%144th of 212 in Staffordshire

Staffordshire 67% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard71%

Staffordshire 81% England 78%

Higher standard21%

Staffordshire 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard71%

Staffordshire 78% England 75%

Greater depth11%

Staffordshire 12% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard79%

Staffordshire 80% England 77%

Higher standard25%

Staffordshire 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 105 (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	61%	7%	104	105
2023/24	57%	4%	104	103
2022/23	62%	4%	103	105

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

Heath Hayes Primary AcademyThis school
This school

2025

2.8applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
Five Ways Primary School
0.7 km · Staffordshire

Some aspects not as strong2025

2.0applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
Gorsemoor Primary School
1.0 km · Staffordshire

2026

2.2applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
St Peter's CofE Primary Academy
1.6 km · Staffordshire

Good2022

2.1applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
1.8 km · Staffordshire

Remains Good2023

2.1applications per place
Norton Canes Primary Academy
2.1 km · Staffordshire

Remains Good2024

1.5applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Jerome Primary School
2.4 km · Staffordshire

Remains Good2023

2.2applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
Hazel Slade Primary Academy
2.5 km · Staffordshire

Remains Good2022

1.6applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
Poppyfield Primary Academy
2.6 km · Staffordshire

Good2024

4.8applications 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: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 140490 · 860/2010
Trust: Reach2 Academy Trust
Capacity: 240 pupils · 203 on roll
Free school meals: 13.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 January 2014
Replaced: Heath Hayes Primary School (URN 124071)
Address: Wimblebury Road, Heath Hayes, Cannock, WS12 2EP
Local authority: Staffordshire · Cannock Chase

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