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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 29 January 2025Ungraded inspection: Improved significantly
- 17 September 2013Graded inspection: Good · as St Edward's CofE (C) First School, URN 124241
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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 entry39 applications · 27 places offered · 27 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.3; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.2; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2022 1.2; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.3; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2020 1.1; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.2; Staffordshire median median 2.0
- 2018 1.2; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2017 1.2; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2016 1.1; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.1; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.1; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Staffordshire median
Dashed bars: as St Edward's CofE (C) First School (URN 124241), 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 | 27 | 39 | 1.4 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 39 | 51 | 1.3 | 37 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2024 | 42 | 52 | 1.2 | 42 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 29 | 40 | 1.4 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 31 | 38 | 1.2 | 31 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 33 | 44 | 1.3 | 33 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 35 | 40 | 1.1 | 35 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 36 | 43 | 1.2 | 35 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 | 43 | 51 | 1.2 | 42 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2017 | 38 | 45 | 1.2 | 38 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 44 | 49 | 1.1 | 43 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 * | 45 | 51 | 1.1 | 44 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2014 * | 41 | 43 | 1.1 | 38 | 0.93 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Edward's CofE Academy CheddletonThis schoolThis schoolImproved significantly20251.4applications per place
- 3.0 km · StaffordshireGood20232.1applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20242.0applications per place
- 3.8 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20232.3applications per place
- 4.1 km · StaffordshireStandards maintained20251.7applications per place 93%met the SATs standard
- 4.2 km · StaffordshireGood20231.8applications per place
- 4.5 km · Staffordshire20261.7applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 4.6 km · StaffordshireGraded · no overall grade20242.2applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
- 4.8 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20232.5applications 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
- 143805 · 860/3042
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 250 pupils · 200 on roll
- Free school meals
- 3.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 January 2017
- Replaced
- St Edward's CofE (C) First School (URN 124241)
- Address
- Hollow Lane, Cheddleton, Leek, ST13 7HP
- Local authority
- Staffordshire · Staffordshire Moorlands
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