The Violet Way Academy
Key Stage 2 performance
The Violet Way Academy is an infant school for pupils aged 4–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.
This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.
Getting a place
Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this
The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it. In 2026 the school was not oversubscribed, so no distance limit applied.
Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).
Ofsted judgements
School profile
- Age range
- 4–7
- Pupils on roll
- 259
- Gender
- Mixed
Pupil background
Special educational needs
Attendance
Staffing & funding
“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means
Nearby primary schools
Location
Official sources
School overview
The Violet Way Academy is a primary school serving Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 259 pupils aged 4 to 7 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated The Violet Way Academy 'Good'.
The Violet Way Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 76 families who put it first were offered a place. The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2025 lived 1.63 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 5.5%. There are about 21.2 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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.