Report card · inspected Jan 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 | Needs attention | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Needs attention | ||||
| 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
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 6 January 2026Report card · 4 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
- 21 September 2021Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry46 applications · 24 places offered · 22 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2025 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 2.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2023 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2022 2.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2021 2.2; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2020 2.3; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2019 2.6; Staffordshire median median 2.0
- 2018 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2017 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 3.1; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 3.4; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 2.9; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Staffordshire median
Dashed bars: as Gentleshaw Primary Academy (URN 124210), 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 | 46 | 1.9 | 22 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 62 | 2.1 | 37 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2024 | 25 | 68 | 2.7 | 20 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2023 | 30 | 60 | 2.0 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 79 | 2.6 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2021 | 25 | 54 | 2.2 | 24 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2020 | 21 | 49 | 2.3 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 17 | 44 | 2.6 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 20 | 40 | 2.0 | 21 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2017 * | 17 | 34 | 2.0 | 16 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2016 * | 20 | 62 | 3.1 | 19 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2015 * | 20 | 68 | 3.4 | 26 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2014 * | 20 | 58 | 2.9 | 23 | 1.15 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 79% · Writing 79% · Maths 96% → all three 75% 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 | 75% | 4% | 106 | 106 |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 4% | 104 | 106 |
| 2022/23 | 79% | 3% | 109 | 106 |
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
- Gentleshaw Primary AcademyThis schoolThis school20261.9applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · StaffordshireStandards maintained20252.8applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · Staffordshire20262.3applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · StaffordshireStandards maintained20242.2applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20221.6applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20243.0applications per place 32%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · StaffordshireOutstanding20232.2applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · StaffordshireStandards maintained20242.3applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
- 3.5 km · StaffordshireGood20221.9applications 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 144604 · 860/2028
- Capacity
- 140 pupils · 201 on roll
- Free school meals
- 4.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 June 2017
- Replaced
- Gentleshaw Primary Academy (URN 124210)
- Address
- Darlings Lane, Gentleshaw, Rugeley, WS15 4LY
- Local authority
- Staffordshire · Lichfield
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources