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St Michael's CofE (C) Primary School

  • 5–11Ages
  • 398Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 148748URN

Cherry Orchard, Lichfield, WS14 9AN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodSep 2012
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jan 2025
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
close to Staffordshire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Staffordshire

115 applications for 57 places · 90th of 235 in Staffordshire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
85%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodSep 2012
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jan 2025

Inspection history

  1. 29 January 2025
    Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
2.0applications per place, Reception
close to Staffordshire median (1.9) close to England median (2.2)

115 applications · 57 places offered · 47 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 2.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 2.3; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  4. 2023 2.5; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  5. 2022 2.8; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  6. 2021 2.9; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
  7. 2020 2.8; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
  8. 2019 2.7; Staffordshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  9. 2018 2.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.7; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.8; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  12. 2015 3.0; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.4; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Staffordshire median in 5 of 5 years.
  • This school
  • Staffordshire median

Dashed bars: as St Michael's CofE (C) Primary School (URN 124258), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026571152.0470.82
Sep 2025421122.7370.88
Sep 2024521212.3480.92
Sep 2023591492.5530.90
Sep 2022581612.8510.88
Sep 2021 *501452.9480.96
Sep 2020 *571602.8520.91
Sep 2019 *601592.7580.97
Sep 2018 *581542.7661.14
Sep 2017 *571562.7550.96
Sep 2016 *601702.8711.18
Sep 2015 *591753.0701.19
Sep 2014 *601412.4701.17

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 95% · Writing 89% · Maths 89% → all three 85% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard85%19th of 212 in Staffordshire
Reading
Expected standard95%
Higher standard62%
Average scaled score 110 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard89%
Greater depth10%
Maths
Expected standard89%
Higher standard56%
Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Staffordshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2585%10%110109
2023/2475%16%109108
2022/2372%17%108106

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

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  • Urgent improvement
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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
148748 · 860/3079
Trust
The Arthur Terry Learning Partnership
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
420 pupils · 398 on roll
Free school meals
5.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 February 2022
Replaced
St Michael's CofE (C) Primary School (URN 124258)
Address
Cherry Orchard, Lichfield, WS14 9AN
Local authority
Staffordshire · Lichfield

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources