Academy converter · Staffordshire

Blessed Mother Teresa's Catholic Primary School

3–11Ages
201Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Roman CatholicReligious character
142192URN

Somerset Road, Highfields, Stafford, ST17 9UZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.7per place

0.2 below Staffordshire median (1.9)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Staffordshire

40 applications for 24 places · 160th of 235 in Staffordshire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

100%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 13 May 2026Published 24 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Strong standard
Inclusion		Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching		Strong standard
Achievement		Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour		Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing		Strong standard
Early years		Strong standard
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance		Strong 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

13 May 2026
Report card · 7 Strong standard
22 March 2022
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

1.7applications per place, Reception

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

40 applications · 24 places offered · 22 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2025 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2024 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2023 2.3; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2022 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2021 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2020 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2019 2.0; Staffordshire median median 2.0
2018 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2017 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2016 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
2015 2.0; 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 Blessed Mother Teresa's Catholic Primary School (URN 124370), 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	24	40	1.7	22	0.92
Sep 2025	23	46	2.0	22	0.96
Sep 2024	29	52	1.8	29	1.00
Sep 2023	24	55	2.3	23	0.96
Sep 2022	22	37	1.7	21	0.95
Sep 2021	21	41	2.0	20	0.95
Sep 2020	27	43	1.6	25	0.93
Sep 2019	17	34	2.0	17	1.00
Sep 2018	17	34	2.0	16	0.94
Sep 2017	25	44	1.8	24	0.96
Sep 2016 *	16	28	1.8	16	1.00
Sep 2015 *	16	32	2.0	14	0.88
Sep 2014 *	13	26	2.0	10	0.77

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 100% · Writing 100% · Maths 100% → all three 100% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard100%1st of 212 in Staffordshire

Staffordshire 67% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard100%

Staffordshire 81% England 78%

Higher standard65%

Staffordshire 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 112 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard100%

Staffordshire 78% England 75%

Greater depth40%

Staffordshire 12% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard100%

Staffordshire 80% England 77%

Higher standard60%

Staffordshire 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 112 (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	100%	35%	112	112
2023/24	93%	14%	109	109
2022/23	78%	11%	108	108

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

Blessed Mother Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolThis school
This school

2026

1.7applications per place 100%met the SATs standard
Rowley Park Primary Academy
0.3 km · Staffordshire

Remains Good2022

2.2applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
Castlechurch Primary School
0.5 km · Staffordshire

Good2023

1.7applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
Burton Manor Primary School
0.8 km · Staffordshire

Standards maintained2024

1.4applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
Flash Ley Primary School
1.0 km · Staffordshire

Good2023

1.5applications per place 86%met the SATs standard
Silkmore Primary Academy
1.4 km · Staffordshire

2026

1.8applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
St Paul's Church of England Primary School
1.5 km · Staffordshire

Standards maintained2025

3.0applications per place
St Austin's Catholic Primary School and Nursery
1.7 km · Staffordshire

Standards maintained2025

2.3applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Burleyfields Primary School
2.0 km · Staffordshire

Not yet inspected

2.5applications 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: 142192 · 860/3479
Trust: St Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Capacity: 180 pupils · 201 on roll
Free school meals: 30.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 March 2016
Replaced: Blessed Mother Teresa's Catholic Primary School (URN 124370)
Address: Somerset Road, Highfields, Stafford, ST17 9UZ
Local authority: Staffordshire · Stafford

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