St Lukes CofE Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Cannock, Staffordshire·WS11 1HN
Composite score
53.7
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#5,928
National rank
#577
In West Midlands
#99
In Staffordshire
Top 40%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
79%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 06/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Inclusion
Strong standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Strong standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
97%
61 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
1.02
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
101
any preference, for 60 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.52
1 per place
1.3220221.3720231.0220241.0220251.022026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for St Lukes CofE 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
411
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
10.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,806
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

St Lukes CofE Primary School is a primary school serving Cannock, Staffordshire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. It has 411 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 79% 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 risen by 4.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 40% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Lukes CofE Primary School is oversubscribed: about 10 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 61 first choices for 60 places. Overall pupil absence was 4.3%. There are about 21.9 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 10% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. St Lukes CofE Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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