Christ Church CofE (C) Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Lichfield, Staffordshire·WS13 8AY
Composite score
74.6
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#1,196
National rank
#85
In West Midlands
#23
In Staffordshire
Top 8%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
86%
% achieving higher RWM
16%
Reading average scaled score
112.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
88%
67 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
1.12
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
128
any preference, for 60 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.12
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9720221.0820230.8820241.0020251.122026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Christ Church CofE (C) Primary School yet. Staffordshire does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
422
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
6.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,535
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Christ Church CofE (C) Primary School at a glance

Located in Lichfield, Staffordshire, Christ Church CofE (C) Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 422 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 86% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 4.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 8% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 112 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 16% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Christ Church CofE (C) Primary School is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 67 first choices for 60 places. Overall pupil absence was 4.2%. There are about 21.1 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 7% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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