Barnfields Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Staffordshire·ST17 4RD
Composite score
56.8
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#4,906
National rank
#472
In West Midlands
#83
In Staffordshire
Top 33%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
73%
% achieving higher RWM
8%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
47 first choices, 50 places
First choices per place
0.94
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
108
any preference, for 50 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8920220.9620230.9220240.9320250.942026

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

Every child who put Barnfields Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
395
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
7.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
8.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,142
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Barnfields Primary School is a primary school serving Staffordshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 395 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 73% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 5.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 33% 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). 8% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Barnfields Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 50 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.4%. There are about 21.1 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 8% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Barnfields 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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