Graded inspection · Jun 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Requires improvement |
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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 entry19 applications · 12 places offered · 12 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2023 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2022 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2021 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 2.4; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 2.0; Staffordshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 2.4; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Staffordshire median
Dashed bars: as St John's CofE (C) Primary School (URN 124254), 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 | 12 | 19 | 1.6 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 29 | 46 | 1.6 | 26 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2024 * | 17 | 36 | 2.1 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 28 | 45 | 1.6 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 28 | 47 | 1.7 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 24 | 51 | 2.1 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 30 | 71 | 2.4 | 37 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2019 * | 28 | 55 | 2.0 | 27 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2018 * | 28 | 49 | 1.8 | 31 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2017 * | 28 | 55 | 2.0 | 31 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2016 * | 24 | 40 | 1.7 | 21 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2015 * | 28 | 66 | 2.4 | 36 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2014 * | 28 | 53 | 1.9 | 29 | 1.04 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St John's CofE Primary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20231.6applications per place
- 1.2 km · StaffordshireGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · StaffordshireGood20231.9applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · StaffordshireOutstanding20242.8applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · StaffordshireSome aspects not as strong20251.7applications per place 32%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · StaffordshireGood20232.4applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · StaffordshireStandards maintained20241.8applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 3.5 km · StaffordshireGood20231.4applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 3.5 km · Staffordshire20261.9applications per place 68%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
- 151255 · 860/3069
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 234 pupils · 155 on roll
- Free school meals
- 6.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 November 2024
- Replaced
- St John's CofE (C) Primary School (URN 124254)
- Address
- Quarry Bank Road, Keele, Newcastle, ST5 5AF
- Local authority
- Staffordshire · Newcastle-under-Lyme
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources