Academy sponsor led · Staffordshire

John Wheeldon Primary Academy

4–11Ages
536Pupils
PrimaryPhase
141186URN

Corporation Street, Stafford, ST16 3LX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodSep 2019

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jun 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.5per place

0.5 below Staffordshire median (1.9)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Staffordshire

87 applications for 60 places · 206th of 235 in Staffordshire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

69%met the expected standard

Staffordshire 67% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodSep 2019

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jun 2025

The graded inspection, 11 September 2019Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
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

Inspection history

18 June 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
11 September 2019
Graded inspection: 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

1.5applications per place, Reception

0.5 below Staffordshire median (1.9) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

87 applications · 60 places offered · 58 named it first

2026 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2025 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2024 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2023 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2022 1.3; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2021 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2020 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2019 1.7; Staffordshire median median 2.0
2018 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2017 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2016 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2015 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2014 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Staffordshire median in 1 of 12 years.

This school
Staffordshire median

Dashed bars: as John Wheeldon Primary School (URN 124198), the previous school.

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	60	87	1.5	58	0.97
Sep 2025	72	100	1.4	64	0.89
Sep 2024	65	109	1.7	62	0.95
Sep 2023	77	125	1.6	67	0.87
Sep 2022	89	116	1.3	59	0.66
Sep 2021	50	92	1.8	46	0.92
Sep 2020	58	102	1.8	48	0.83
Sep 2019	62	108	1.7	56	0.90
Sep 2018	70	111	1.6	59	0.84
Sep 2017	75	112	1.5	65	0.87
Sep 2016	61	108	1.8	52	0.85
Sep 2015	75	108	1.4	59	0.79
Sep 2014 *	50	94	1.9	48	0.96

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 78% · Writing 76% · Maths 75% → all three 69% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard69%95th of 212 in Staffordshire

Staffordshire 67% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard78%

Staffordshire 81% England 78%

Higher standard38%

Staffordshire 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard76%

Staffordshire 78% England 75%

Greater depth21%

Staffordshire 12% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard75%

Staffordshire 80% England 77%

Higher standard35%

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	69%	15%	106	105
2023/24	53%	5%	103	103
2022/23	55%	5%	104	104

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

John Wheeldon Primary AcademyThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

1.5applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
0.3 km · Staffordshire

Good2022

2.1applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Tillington Manor Primary School
1.3 km · Staffordshire

2026

1.4applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
St Austin's Catholic Primary School and Nursery
1.5 km · Staffordshire

Standards maintained2025

2.3applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
St John's CofE Primary Academy
1.5 km · Staffordshire

Standards maintained2024

2.0applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
St Paul's Church of England Primary School
1.6 km · Staffordshire

Standards maintained2025

3.0applications per place
Parkside Primary School
1.8 km · Staffordshire

Good2022

2.6applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
St Leonard's Primary School
1.9 km · Staffordshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.0applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
Doxey Academy
1.9 km · Staffordshire

Requires improvement2023

1.1applications per place 74%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: 141186 · 860/2014
Trust: Staffordshire University Academies Trust
Capacity: 515 pupils · 536 on roll
Free school meals: 26.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2014
Replaced: John Wheeldon Primary School (URN 124198)
Address: Corporation Street, Stafford, ST16 3LX
Local authority: Staffordshire · Stafford

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