Report card · inspected Feb 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong 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 entry71 applications · 45 places offered · 43 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2023 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2022 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2021 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 2.1; Staffordshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Staffordshire median
Dashed bars: as Willows Primary School (URN 124161), 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 | 45 | 71 | 1.6 | 43 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 | 49 | 82 | 1.7 | 46 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2024 * | 43 | 89 | 2.1 | 43 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 50 | 91 | 1.8 | 47 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2022 * | 44 | 93 | 2.1 | 40 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2021 * | 60 | 118 | 2.0 | 64 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2020 * | 53 | 81 | 1.5 | 50 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2019 * | 33 | 70 | 2.1 | 32 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 * | 54 | 88 | 1.6 | 53 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2017 * | 55 | 85 | 1.6 | 55 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 45 | 77 | 1.7 | 43 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2015 * | 60 | 86 | 1.4 | 59 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2014 * | 48 | 76 | 1.6 | 46 | 0.96 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Willows Primary AcademyThis schoolThis school20261.6applications per place
- 0.4 km · StaffordshireRemains Good2023
- 0.5 km · StaffordshireGraded · no overall grade20242.3applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20221.7applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · StaffordshireStandards maintained20242.4applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Staffordshire20261.8applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · StaffordshireStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · Staffordshire20262.5applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · StaffordshireGood20233.8applications per place 78%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
- 151286 · 860/2340
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 423 on roll
- Free school meals
- 36.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 November 2024
- Replaced
- Willows Primary School (URN 124161)
- Address
- Willows Primary School, Off Weston Road, Anglesey Road, Lichfield, WS13 7NU
- Local authority
- Staffordshire · Lichfield
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources