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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 7 December 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
- 9 October 2014Graded inspection: Good · as Blackshaw Moor CofE (VC) First School, URN 124287
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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 entry9 applications · 8 places offered · 8 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.1; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2022 1.3; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.3; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2020 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2019 2.3; Staffordshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.3; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 1.3; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Staffordshire median
Dashed bars: as Blackshaw Moor CofE (VC) First School (URN 124287), 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 | 8 | 9 | 1.1 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 11 | 20 | 1.8 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 9 | 13 | 1.4 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 11 | 18 | 1.6 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 16 | 20 | 1.3 | 15 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2021 | 13 | 17 | 1.3 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 14 | 20 | 1.4 | 13 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2019 * | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 12 | 18 | 1.5 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 8 | 10 | 1.3 | 7 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2016 * | 12 | 15 | 1.3 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 11 | 15 | 1.4 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 8 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Blackshaw Moor CofE First SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20231.1applications per place
- 3.1 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20231.5applications per place
- 3.9 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20232.5applications per place
- 4.8 km · StaffordshireStandards maintained20251.7applications per place 93%met the SATs standard
- 4.9 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20232.3applications per place
- 5.1 km · StaffordshireGood20231.8applications per place
- 5.6 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20242.0applications per place
- 6.8 km · StaffordshireGood20242.2applications per place
- 7.5 km · StaffordshireGraded · no overall grade20251.2applications per place
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 147103 · 860/3134
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 55 pupils · 67 on roll
- Free school meals
- 11.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 October 2019
- Replaced
- Blackshaw Moor CofE (VC) First School (URN 124287)
- Address
- Buxton Road, Blackshaw Moor, Leek, ST13 8TW
- Local authority
- Staffordshire · Staffordshire Moorlands
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources