St Mary and St Chad CofE First School

Academy converter·First school Staffordshire·ST19 9DT
School type
First school
Ages 2–9

Key Stage 2 performance

St Mary and St Chad CofE First School is a first school for pupils aged 2–9. 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
94%
32 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.07
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
57
any preference, for 30 places
Last place offered lived
3.21 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 5174 m
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
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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 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

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

School profile

Age range
2–9
Pupils on roll
178
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
28.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,034
Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Location

St Mary and St Chad CofE First School at a glance

Located in Staffordshire, St Mary and St Chad 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 178 pupils aged 2 to 9.

St Mary and St Chad CofE First 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 32 first choices for 30 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 3.21 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 4.6%. There are about 28.1 pupils per teacher. St Mary and St Chad 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.