Report card · inspected Jun 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 | 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
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Inspection history
- 23 June 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 9 May 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)
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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 entry45 applications · 25 places offered · 23 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2022 1.3; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2020 1.3; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.3; Staffordshire median median 2.0
- 2018 1.1; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2017 1.2; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2016 1.2; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2015 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.2; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Staffordshire median
Dashed bars: as Silkmore Community Primary School (URN 124204), 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 | 25 | 45 | 1.8 | 23 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 55 | 1.8 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 58 | 1.9 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 29 | 49 | 1.7 | 33 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 38 | 1.3 | 28 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 | 28 | 40 | 1.4 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 26 | 33 | 1.3 | 24 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2019 | 30 | 40 | 1.3 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 24 | 26 | 1.1 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 25 | 29 | 1.2 | 23 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2016 | 30 | 37 | 1.2 | 27 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2015 * | 13 | 22 | 1.7 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 36 | 1.2 | 28 | 0.93 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 87% · Writing 83% · Maths 80% → all three 77% 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 | 77% | 7% | 107 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 60% | 10% | 108 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 63% | 8% | 109 | 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
- Silkmore Primary AcademyThis schoolThis school20261.8applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · StaffordshireGood20231.5applications per place 86%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20222.2applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · StaffordshireStandards maintained20241.4applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · StaffordshireStandards maintained20253.0applications per place
- 1.4 km · Staffordshire20261.7applications per place 100%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · StaffordshireStandards maintained20252.3applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20242.2applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · StaffordshireGraded · no overall grade20242.0applications per place 50%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
- 142014 · 860/2018
- Trust
- Reach2 Academy Trust
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 252 on roll
- Free school meals
- 41.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 July 2015
- Replaced
- Silkmore Community Primary School (URN 124204)
- Address
- Exeter Street, Stafford, ST17 4EG
- Local authority
- Staffordshire · Stafford
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources