Gnosall St Lawrence Coe Primary Academy

About Gnosall St Lawrence Coe Primary Academy

Gnosall St Lawrence Coe Primary Academy is a popular choice among local families, with 31 first-preference applications for 31 places in the 2025/26 admissions round, meaning every family who put it first got a spot. The school was oversubscribed overall, receiving 41 applications for those 31 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.32. While we don't have a direct parent recommendation percentage from the data, the strong first-preference take-up suggests confidence in the school. The school is a Church of England primary in Stafford, part of the Staffordshire local authority, and currently rated Good by Ofsted following its most recent graded inspection in 2013 and an ungraded inspection in 2023 that confirmed it remains Good. That's a notable improvement from its previous inspection in 2011, when it was rated Requires Improvement.

Academically, Gnosall St Lawrence performs well above the local average. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 79% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared to a Staffordshire LA average of 65%. The school ranks 13th out of 34 primary schools in the Stafford area on this measure, placing it in the top 25% nationally. Subject-level results are strong: 95% of pupils reached the expected standard in maths, with an average score of 108, while 85% did so in reading (also averaging 108) and 87% in writing. At the higher standard, 15% of pupils achieved the top scores across all three subjects, with 46% reaching that level in reading alone. The school's national percentile of 12.4 on the combined expected standard metric puts it comfortably ahead of most peers.

The school offers a broad range of facilities including a sports hall, library, ICT suite, sensory room, chapel and outdoor playground. Sports on offer include football, athletics, dance and cricket, and clubs range from film and drama to gardening and science. SEND provision is well-developed, covering moderate learning difficulties, speech and language needs, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, autistic spectrum disorder and other difficulties. With a capacity of 315 and 280 pupils on roll, there is some headroom, and 18.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, slightly above the national average. The school also has nursery provision for children aged 2 and over, making it a practical choice for families looking for continuity from early years through to Year 6.

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