St Chad's CofE Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Lichfield, Staffordshire·WS13 6SN
Composite score
52.0
Compare St Chad's CofE Primary School with another school
#6,536
National rank
#659
In West Midlands
#110
In Staffordshire
Top 44%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
62%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
16 first choices, 19 places
First choices per place
0.84
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
45
any preference, for 19 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9620220.9320230.9620240.9420250.842026

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

Every child who put St Chad's CofE 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
204
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
24.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
10.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
6.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,985
Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Location

St Chad's CofE Primary School at a glance

Located in Lichfield, Staffordshire, St Chad's CofE Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 204 pupils aged 3 to 11. 62% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 17.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 44% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% 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 St Chad's CofE Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 19 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.0%. There are about 20.7 pupils per teacher. St Chad's 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.

Compare St Chad's CofE Primary School with another school