St Chad's CofE (VC) First School

About St Chad's CofE (VC) First School

Parents considering St Chad’s CofE First School will find a school that local families clearly want to get into. For the 2025/26 intake, the school received 36 applications for just 23 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.57. Of those, 21 were first-preference applications, and all 21 first-preference families were offered a place. That means every parent who put St Chad’s as their top choice got in, but the overall demand still outstrips supply by more than half. The school is small — just 110 pupils against a capacity of 150 — so it’s not bursting at the seams, but the pattern suggests a reputation that draws families from the local area. There’s no parent-view survey data available here, so we can’t quote a recommend percentage, but the oversubscription figures alone tell you this is a school that local parents are actively choosing.

Academically, St Chad’s holds a Good rating from its most recent graded Ofsted inspection in 2016, and an ungraded inspection in November 2021 confirmed the school remains Good. That’s a solid improvement from its previous inspection in 2014, when it was rated Requires Improvement overall. The 2021 inspection gave Good marks for early years provision, leadership and management, and overall effectiveness. The school serves a mixed cohort — 14.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is slightly above the national average for primary schools. There are no published KS2 SATs results or Progress 8 scores in the data, so we can’t compare directly to the Staffordshire LA average of 65% for KS2. What we do know is that the school is a Church of England first school, taking children from age 3 up to 9, and it offers nursery provision, so families can start their child here from the earliest years.

The school sits on a decent site for its size, with a gymnasium, sports hall, playing fields, an ICT suite, art studios, and a chapel. There’s also a Forest School programme and an outdoor playground, which fits with the active clubs on offer — coding, drama, science club, choir, and book club. Sports include athletics, football, rounders, cricket, and tennis. For families whose children need extra support, St Chad’s lists SEND provisions for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. The school is in South Staffordshire, part of the Staffordshire local authority, which has 20 outstanding-rated primary schools out of 308 total — so Good is a respectable position in a competitive landscape. This is a school that suits families who value a Church of England ethos, a small community feel, and a broad range of facilities and clubs despite its modest size.

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