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 | Strong 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
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 2 June 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 15 June 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry22 applications · 11 places offered · 11 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 2.8; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2022 2.5; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2021 2.3; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2020 2.5; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2019 2.2; Staffordshire median median 2.0
- 2018 2.9; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 2.6; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 2.8; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 2.3; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Staffordshire median
Dashed bars: as St John's CofE (C) First School (URN 124236), 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 | 11 | 22 | 2.0 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 16 | 27 | 1.7 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 6 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2023 | 12 | 22 | 1.8 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 13 | 33 | 2.5 | 18 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2021 | 14 | 32 | 2.3 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 11 | 27 | 2.5 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 13 | 29 | 2.2 | 11 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2018 * | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 8 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2017 * | 19 | 33 | 1.7 | 16 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2016 * | 10 | 26 | 2.6 | 9 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2015 * | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 7 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2014 * | 15 | 34 | 2.3 | 18 | 1.20 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St John's CofE First SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.0applications per place
- 4.0 km · Staffordshire20261.3applications per place
- 4.4 km · Staffordshire20261.9applications per place 86%met the SATs standard
- 4.9 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20231.9applications per place
- 5.4 km · ShropshireRemains Good20242.3applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 6.1 km · ShropshireStandards maintained20251.9applications per place
- 6.6 km · StaffordshireStandards maintained20252.1applications per place
- 7.5 km · StaffordshireGraded · no overall grade20252.7applications per place
- 7.6 km · StaffordshireStandards maintained20242.6applications per place 67%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 converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 145380 · 860/3030
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 75 pupils · 81 on roll
- Free school meals
- 10.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2018
- Replaced
- St John's CofE (C) First School (URN 124236)
- Address
- Whiteoaks Drive, Bishopswood, Stafford, ST19 9AH
- Local authority
- Staffordshire · South Staffordshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources