Thomas Barnes Primary School

Primary · Foundation school · Ages 4–11 · Tamworth, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.137 miles

Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Thomas Barnes Primary School is a primary school in Tamworth, Staffordshire for ages 4–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 21 January 2025. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.

Thomas Barnes Primary School catchment area: last distance offered

Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.

Entry	Last distance offered
Reception 2026	1.137 mi
Reception 2025	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2024	🔒 With a pass

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

For Reception 2026, the last place offered went to a child living 1.137 miles from the school, the 27th shortest of 58 Staffordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
Reception distances swung sharply, most of all from 2024 to 2025; the 2026 figure was nearer than in 2025, about the same as in 2024, and the shortest of the 3 years.
For 2026 Reception entry, there were 16 first-choice applications for 15 offers; 11 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families (31%) were not offered a place.
In 2024/25, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Staffordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: School Lane, Hopwas, Tamworth, B78 3AD
Type: Foundation school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 106 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 7.5% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 19.6

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Not judged Inspected 21 January 2025

Strengths

“Pupils are proud to be part of Thomas Barnes Primary.”
“Everyone is made to feel welcome.”
“One pupil, reflecting the views of many, said, ‘We are one big friendship group.’”

To improve

“In a few subjects, teachers do not help pupils to make connections between previous and current learning.”
“As a result, pupils do not deepen their knowledge of the important concepts in these subjects over time.”
“However, occasionally writing activities are not fully accessible for pupils with SEND.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Exam results

Measure	School	England
Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25)	60%	62%

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 16 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 11 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

Nearby primary schools

Straight-line distance, in Staffordshire.

Coton Green Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged
Dunstall Park Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi Good
Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Moorgate Primary Academy 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
Flax Hill Junior Academy 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade
Longwood Primary School 1.8 mi Improved significantly
Ashcroft Infants' School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published