Graded inspection · Jul 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Staffordshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | 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 entry13 applications · 6 places offered · 6 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.2; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2025 3.0; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2022 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2020 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.5; Staffordshire median median 2.0
- 2018 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.2; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Staffordshire median
Dashed bars: as St Michael's CofE (C) First School (URN 124253), 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 | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 15 | 26 | 1.7 | 16 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2023 | 11 | 21 | 1.9 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 14 | 22 | 1.6 | 13 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 | 11 | 15 | 1.4 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 15 | 24 | 1.6 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 13 | 20 | 1.5 | 12 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2018 * | 9 | 17 | 1.9 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 14 | 20 | 1.4 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 15 | 24 | 1.6 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 14 | 17 | 1.2 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 15 | 24 | 1.6 | 16 | 1.07 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Horton St Michael's CofE First SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20242.2applications per place
- 3.6 km · StaffordshireGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place
- 3.8 km · StaffordshireGraded · no overall grade20251.2applications per place
- 3.9 km · StaffordshireGood20231.8applications per place
- 4.0 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20242.0applications per place
- 4.5 km · StaffordshireStandards maintained20251.7applications per place 93%met the SATs standard
- 4.9 km · StaffordshireOutstanding20231.8applications per place
- 5.2 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20232.3applications per place
- 5.4 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20232.5applications per place
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 146126 · 860/3067
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 79 pupils · 54 on roll
- Free school meals
- 4.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2018
- Replaced
- St Michael's CofE (C) First School (URN 124253)
- Address
- Horton, Leek, ST13 8RU
- Local authority
- Staffordshire · Staffordshire Moorlands
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources