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.
Key Details
The full report on this school
The inspection in plain English, admissions context, and how this school compares to nearby alternatives — all in one full school report.
- Ofsted inspection in plain EnglishStrengths, concerns and what inspectors flagged
- Parent View survey resultsWhat parents told Ofsted — when the school has 10+ responses
- Where Ofsted and parents disagreeGaps to probe + questions to ask at the open day
- Admissions & catchmentAdmission criteria, distance cutoffs (where the LA publishes them)
- Nearby schools comparedBackup options with Ofsted, demand and distance
- Attendance & behaviour dataPersistent absentees, suspensions and exclusions vs national
Ofsted Inspection Breakdown
22 Mar 2023Latest monitoring visit (22 Mar 2023): School remains Good
Source: Ofsted, 14 Nov 2013. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.
SEND Support
Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.
School day
Teaching hours
08:45 – 15:30
Breakfast club
07:30-08:45
After-school care
15:30-18:00
Source: st-lawrence.staffs.sch.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.
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