Beresford Memorial CofE First School

Academy converter·First school Leek, Staffordshire·ST13 6NR

School type

First school

Ages 3–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Beresford Memorial CofE First School is a first school for pupils aged 3–9. 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 first school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

24 first choices, 24 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 24 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07

00.511.5

1 per place

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

Every child who put Beresford Memorial CofE First 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: 3–9
Pupils on roll: 157
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

38.9%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

0.6%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

13.4%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

1.3%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.1%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

12.3%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

21.2

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,713

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Churnet View Middle School Leek · 0.4 mi 34.0 St Mary's Catholic Academy Leek · 1.1 mi 76.8 St Edward's Church of England Academy Leek · 1.5 mi 46.5 Endon Hall Primary School Stoke-on-Trent · 4.8 mi 55.6 St Luke's CofE Academy Endon Stoke-on-Trent · 5.1 mi 67.3 St John's CofE Primary School Wetley Rocks, Stoke-on-Trent · 5.3 mi 26.0 St Anne's CofE (VC) Primary School Stoke-on-Trent · 5.9 mi 72.2 Waterhouses CofE Primary Academy Stoke-on-Trent · 6.4 mi 41.0

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

Beresford Memorial CofE First School at a glance

Located in Leek, Staffordshire, Beresford Memorial CofE First School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 157 pupils aged 3 to 9.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Beresford Memorial CofE First School their first choice was offered one of its 24 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.1%. There are about 21.2 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 39% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Beresford Memorial CofE First 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.