The Croft Primary School

About The Croft Primary School

Parents considering The Croft Primary School will find a school that is clearly popular locally. In the 2025/26 admissions round, the school received 37 applications for just 17 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.18. Of those applications, 15 were first-preference choices, and all 15 received an offer, suggesting that families who put it top of their list are very likely to get in. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection, in 2022, rated it Good across every category: overall effectiveness, quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. That consistent Good rating has been held since at least the previous inspection in 2012, which also judged overall effectiveness and leadership and management as Good. With 179 pupils on roll against a capacity of 210, there is some room for growth, but the oversubscription figures indicate strong local demand.

Academically, The Croft Primary delivers solid, if not spectacular, results. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 64% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is very close to the Staffordshire local authority average of 65%. The school’s ranking within Lichfield places it 20th out of 34 primary schools, and nationally it sits in the 47th percentile. Where the school shines is in reading: pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107, with 39% reaching the higher standard, and 75% met the expected standard in reading. Maths also performed well, with an average score of 104 and 75% at the expected level. Writing was weaker, with only 4% reaching the higher standard and 68% at the expected level. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals is 14%, slightly above the national average, and the school’s Progress 8 scores are not available, so it is hard to measure value-added directly.

The school offers a broad range of facilities, including a forest school, sensory room, music rooms, ICT suite, sports hall and even a chapel. Sports provision covers gymnastics, football, dance, cricket, swimming and tennis, while clubs include art, coding, chess, drama and film club. For families with children who have additional needs, the school lists support for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, hearing impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a non-religious community school with no nursery provision and no sixth form. It suits families who value a well-equipped primary with strong reading outcomes, a Good Ofsted track record, and a clear sense of local popularity, but who are comfortable with a school that sits around the middle of the local authority rankings for combined attainment.

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