What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 4 December 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 12 February 2019Graded 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- 2024 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.7
- 2023 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.7
- 2022 1.3; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- This school
- Staffordshire median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, 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 2024 | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 2 | 0.40 |
| Sep 2023 | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 4 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2022 | 8 | 10 | 1.3 | 3 | 0.38 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Churnet View Middle SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained2024
- 1.0 km · StaffordshireRequires improvement202436.1Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · StaffordshireGraded · no overall grade2024
- 2.9 km · StaffordshireRequires improvement202440.5Attainment 8
- 8.3 km · StaffordshireGood20232.0applications per place 53.0Attainment 8
- 10.0 km · StaffordshireGood2023
- 10.5 km · Staffordshire202646.0Attainment 8
- 10.5 km · StaffordshireGood20241.6applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 11.0 km · StaffordshireRemains Good2023
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 142696 · 860/4160
- Capacity
- 500 pupils · 440 on roll
- Free school meals
- 27.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 April 2016
- Replaced
- Churnet View Middle School (URN 124436)
- Address
- Churnet View, Leek, ST13 6PU
- Local authority
- Staffordshire · Staffordshire Moorlands
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources