Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Staffordshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected 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
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Inspection history
- 3 March 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 1 December 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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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 entry42 applications · 18 places offered · 18 named it first
- 2026 2.3; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2025 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2023 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2022 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2020 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2019 2.1; Staffordshire median median 2.0
- 2018 2.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2017 2.3; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2016 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2015 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2014 1.8; 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 18 | 42 | 2.3 | 18 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 64 | 2.1 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2024 | 26 | 53 | 2.0 | 25 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2023 | 28 | 58 | 2.1 | 27 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 29 | 59 | 2.0 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 26 | 49 | 1.9 | 25 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 61 | 2.0 | 27 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2019 | 39 | 80 | 2.1 | 37 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2018 | 20 | 51 | 2.6 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 29 | 68 | 2.3 | 28 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2016 | 29 | 52 | 1.8 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 24 | 44 | 1.8 | 23 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2014 | 30 | 54 | 1.8 | 30 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Lark Hall Infant & Nursery AcademyThis schoolThis school20262.3applications per place
- 0.1 km · StaffordshireNot yet inspected
- 0.4 km · StaffordshireGraded · no overall grade20242.2applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Staffordshire202666%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Staffordshire20261.5applications per place
- 1.2 km · StaffordshireNot yet inspected
- 1.3 km · StaffordshireGood20231.2applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Staffordshire20262.0applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · StaffordshireGood20242.3applications 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 converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 140522 · 860/2298
- Trust
- Mercia Primary Academy Trust
- Capacity
- 120 pupils · 100 on roll
- Free school meals
- 37.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 January 2014
- Replaced
- Lark Hall Community Infant School (URN 124134)
- Address
- Clifton Avenue, Tamworth, B79 8EF
- Local authority
- Staffordshire · Tamworth
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources