Graded inspection · Sep 2023 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry74 applications · 42 places offered · 42 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 2.2; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2022 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2020 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.9; Staffordshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.8; 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 Oxhey First School (URN 124149), 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 | 42 | 74 | 1.8 | 42 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 44 | 75 | 1.7 | 44 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 67 | 2.2 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 38 | 62 | 1.6 | 38 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 42 | 78 | 1.9 | 42 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 45 | 79 | 1.8 | 41 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2020 | 41 | 77 | 1.9 | 39 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2019 * | 45 | 84 | 1.9 | 54 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2018 * | 41 | 72 | 1.8 | 40 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2017 * | 44 | 77 | 1.8 | 42 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2016 * | 45 | 96 | 2.1 | 53 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2015 * | 45 | 83 | 1.8 | 44 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2014 * | 45 | 102 | 2.3 | 58 | 1.29 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Oxhey First SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20231.8applications per place
- 1.1 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20232.6applications per place
- 1.2 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20241.9applications per place
- 1.3 km · StaffordshireGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · StaffordshireGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place
- 2.0 km · StaffordshireGraded · no overall grade20241.8applications per place
- 3.9 km · Cheshire EastStandards maintained20251.6applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 4.1 km · StaffordshireGood20232.9applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 4.2 km · StaffordshireStandards maintained20252.1applications per place 86%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 146874 · 860/2325
- Capacity
- 270 pupils · 241 on roll
- Free school meals
- 4.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2019
- Replaced
- Oxhey First School (URN 124149)
- Address
- Pennine Way, Biddulph, Stoke-on-Trent, ST8 7EB
- Local authority
- Staffordshire · Staffordshire Moorlands
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources