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Anna Seward Primary

  • 3–11Ages
  • 122Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 149841URN

Bridgeman Way, Lichfield, WS14 0AL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jul 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.7per place
0.8 above Staffordshire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Staffordshire

81 applications for 30 places · 20th of 235 in Staffordshire
Every year since 2024

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 8 July 2026Published 20 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

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
2.7applications per place, Reception
0.8 above Staffordshire median (1.9) 0.5 above England median (2.2)

81 applications · 30 places offered · 36 named it first

  1. 2026 2.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 2.3; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 2.8; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  • This school
  • Staffordshire median

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 202630812.7361.20
Sep 202529672.3260.90
Sep 202430852.8391.30

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

all three met the expected standard, End of Year 6

  • This school
  • Staffordshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/25
2023/24
2022/23

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

  • 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
Free schools
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
149841 · 860/2045
Trust
The Arthur Terry Learning Partnership
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
236 pupils · 122 on roll
Free school meals
18.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 2023
Address
Bridgeman Way, Lichfield, WS14 0AL
Local authority
Staffordshire · Lichfield

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources