Graded inspection · Jan 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Staffordshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry143 applications · 90 places offered · 108 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2022 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2020 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.9; Staffordshire median median 2.0
- 2018 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2017 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2016 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2015 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Staffordshire median
Dashed bars: as St John's CofE (C) Primary School (URN 124295), 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 | 90 | 143 | 1.6 | 108 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2025 | 91 | 124 | 1.4 | 93 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2024 | 89 | 122 | 1.4 | 86 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 85 | 124 | 1.5 | 83 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2022 | 85 | 116 | 1.4 | 84 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2021 | 60 | 112 | 1.9 | 65 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2020 | 74 | 128 | 1.7 | 81 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2019 | 60 | 116 | 1.9 | 77 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2018 | 60 | 86 | 1.4 | 62 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 121 | 2.0 | 74 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2016 | 59 | 116 | 2.0 | 73 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2015 * | 60 | 110 | 1.8 | 77 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2014 * | 60 | 117 | 2.0 | 81 | 1.35 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 84% · Writing 80% · Maths 81% → all three 70% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Staffordshire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 70% | 7% | 106 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 70% | 5% | 105 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 68% | 5% | 107 | 107 |
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
- St John's Primary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.6applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · WolverhamptonGood20231.9applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · WolverhamptonGood20231.4applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · Wolverhampton20261.9applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · WalsallOutstanding20241.5applications per place
- 2.4 km · WalsallStandards maintained20241.5applications per place
- 2.6 km · StaffordshireGood20231.4applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · Walsall20261.9applications per place
- 2.8 km · Walsall202679%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 converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 141822 · 860/3145
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 525 pupils · 712 on roll
- Free school meals
- 11.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 March 2015
- Replaced
- St John's CofE (C) Primary School (URN 124295)
- Address
- Hobnock Road, Essington, Wolverhampton, WV11 2RF
- Local authority
- Staffordshire · South Staffordshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources