Graded inspection · Sep 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 12 September 2023Graded inspection: Good · as Ilam CofE (VA) Primary School, URN 124337
- 11 May 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns) · as Ilam CofE (VA) Primary School, URN 124337
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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 entry5 applications · 2 places offered · 2 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.5; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2025 2.3; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2024 5.0; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2023 1.0; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2022 1.0; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2021 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 1.3; Staffordshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 2.5; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.3; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 2.3; 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 Ilam CofE (VA) Primary School (URN 124337), 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 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 * | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 3 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2024 * | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 10 | 13 | 1.3 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 8 | 10 | 1.3 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 9 | 1.29 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Ilam Church of England Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.5applications per place
- 4.1 km · DerbyshireRemains Good20232.0applications per place
- 5.6 km · StaffordshireStandards maintained20251.6applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 6.1 km · DerbyshireRemains Good20242.3applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 6.3 km · Derbyshire2026
- 6.4 km · DerbyshireGood20222.0applications per place
- 6.9 km · DerbyshireGraded · no overall grade20254.2applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 7.3 km · DerbyshireRequires improvement20221.3applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 7.7 km · DerbyshireStandards maintained20242.0applications per place 82%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
- 151577 · 860/3438
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 70 pupils · 40 on roll
- Free school meals
- 12.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 November 2025
- Replaced
- Ilam CofE (VA) Primary School (URN 124337)
- Address
- Ilam, Ashbourne, DE6 2AZ
- Local authority
- Staffordshire · Staffordshire Moorlands
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources