OFSTED
Latest graded inspection
5 March 2024
Latest published outcome
Outstanding
OEIF
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour & attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership & management
Outstanding
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Free schools
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
—
Local authority
Staffordshire
Trust
THE SHAW EDUCATION TRUST
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
262
227 full-time ·
35 part-time
Female pupils
138
52.7% of pupils
Male pupils
124
47.3% of pupils
11.1 pts
below England
School
13.7%
Lichfield
17.9%
West Midlands
30.6%
England
24.8%
12.3 pts
below England
School
8.0%
Lichfield
4.9%
West Midlands
22.4%
England
20.3%
1.0 pts
below England
School
0.0%
Lichfield
0.4%
West Midlands
0.6%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
White and Black Caribbean
1.9%
5
Any other White background
1.5%
4
Any other ethnic group
1.5%
4
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
23.3%
61 of
262 pupils
2.5 pts
above England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
19.1%
50 pupils
England
14.8%
4.3 pts
above
EHC plans
4.2%
11 pupils
England
6.0%
1.8 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Speech, language & communication
22
No specialist assessment yet
13
Social, emotional & mental health
13
Specific learning difficulty
5
Autistic spectrum disorder
4
Moderate learning difficulty
1
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
3.98%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
2.24 pts
lower than
England
School
3.98%
Lichfield
5.88%
West Midlands
6.28%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
4.76%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
11.05 pts
lower than
England
School
4.76%
Lichfield
13.95%
West Midlands
16.42%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
0.60%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
1.21 pts
lower than
England
School
0.60%
Lichfield
1.64%
West Midlands
1.82%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
124.8%
36.6 pts
above England
Streethay Primary School
124.8%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.