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Church Eaton Primary School

Stafford, ST20 0AGPrimaryAges 3–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Requires Improvement
Mar 2024
KS2 Results
18%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
0.8×
Not oversubscribed
3 1st-choice / 4 places
Ranking
#13,589
of 13,686 nationally

About Church Eaton Primary School

Church Eaton Primary School is a small, state-funded Christian primary in the Staffordshire village of Church Eaton, serving just 73 pupils from ages 3 to 11. Within the Stafford local authority, it sits among 308 primary schools, and its most recent ranking places it at 207th in the area — a position that puts it well behind the top-performing local peers. The three highest-ranked schools in the same LA are St John's Catholic Primary School, Woodseaves CE Primary Academy, and Needwood CofE Primary School, each achieving a perfect ranking score of 100. Church Eaton's own ranking score of 18 reflects a significant gap. The school has a nursery provision and a Christian character, but its most recent Ofsted inspection in March 2024 graded it as Requires Improvement overall, a drop from its previous Good rating in 2015. That said, several individual areas — early years provision, personal development, behaviour and attitudes, and leadership and management — were all rated Good in that same inspection.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range3 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterChristian
AddressHigh Street, Stafford, Stafford, ST20 0AG
HeadteacherDavid Baker
Local AuthorityStaffordshire
Number of Pupils73
Free School Meals (FSM)16.4%
School Capacity73 / 105 (70% full)
Nursery ClassesYes

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

19 Mar 2024
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Overall Effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of Education
Requires improvement
Behaviour & Attitudes
Good
Personal Development
Good
Leadership & Management
Good
Early Years Provision
Good

Source: Ofsted, 2 May 2024. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

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AutismDyslexiaSpeech & LanguageLearning DifficultyOther

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

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Church Eaton Primary School has been rated "Requires Improvement" by Ofsted. This means the school is not yet good, but inspectors believe it can improve with the right support and changes.