Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
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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 | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Strong 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
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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 entry79 applications · 44 places offered · 40 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2022 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2021 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 1.6; Staffordshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Staffordshire median
Dashed bars: as Whittington Primary School (URN 124140), 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 | 44 | 79 | 1.8 | 40 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2025 | 37 | 65 | 1.8 | 32 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2024 | 44 | 76 | 1.7 | 43 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 44 | 63 | 1.4 | 42 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2022 * | 39 | 64 | 1.6 | 37 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2021 * | 45 | 71 | 1.6 | 45 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 45 | 84 | 1.9 | 53 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2019 * | 40 | 65 | 1.6 | 37 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 * | 42 | 58 | 1.4 | 39 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2017 * | 45 | 73 | 1.6 | 48 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2016 * | 45 | 74 | 1.6 | 46 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2015 * | 45 | 82 | 1.8 | 45 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 41 | 72 | 1.8 | 40 | 0.98 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 87% · Writing 87% · Maths 87% → all three 83% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Staffordshire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 83% | 9% | 109 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 84% | 9% | 110 | 108 |
| 2022/23 | 74% | 8% | 108 | 107 |
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
- Whittington Primary and Nursery SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.8applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · StaffordshireOutstanding20242.8applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 3.3 km · StaffordshireGraded · no overall grade20253.6applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 3.9 km · StaffordshireGood20242.3applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 3.9 km · StaffordshireGood20233.8applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- 3.9 km · Staffordshire20261.8applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 4.0 km · Staffordshire20262.5applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 4.0 km · StaffordshireStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
- 4.1 km · StaffordshireStandards maintained20242.4applications per place 62%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
- 149421 · 860/2309
- Trust
- John Taylor MAT
- Capacity
- 336 pupils · 334 on roll
- Free school meals
- 5.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 November 2022
- Replaced
- Whittington Primary School (URN 124140)
- Address
- Common Lane, Whittington, Lichfield, WS14 9LG
- Local authority
- Staffordshire · Lichfield
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources