Ashcroft Infants' School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Tamworth, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

3.215 miles

Furthest distance (miles): "3.215" · Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Ashcroft Infants' School is a primary school in Tamworth, Staffordshire for ages 3–7 (community school). Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.

Ashcroft Infants' 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	3.215 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 child offered a place lived 3.215 miles away, the 10th longest of 58 Staffordshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.27 miles).
The Reception last distance swung sharply between some years, the biggest move being from 2025 to 2026, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years.
Reception 2026 had 41 first-choice applications for 49 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 8 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
6.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 27.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Staffordshire.

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: Mildenhall, Off Wigginton Road, Tamworth, B79 8RU
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–7
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 133 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 6.8% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 19

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

Ofsted

No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 February 2026

Strengths

“Ashcroft Infants' School holds a special place in its community’s heart.”
“Community members comment that it feels like there is a ‘warm hug as you walk through the door’.”
“Leaders have high ambition for pupils.”

To improve

“However, inconsistencies in teaching sometimes slow the progress that some pupils make.”
“However, some older pupils have weaknesses in spelling, which limits their ability to write with accuracy and fluency.”
“However, some older pupils are not supported well enough to gain the key knowledge they need in spelling.”

Safeguarding: met

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 April 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 41 first-preference applications, 49 offers in total, 41 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.

Flax Hill Junior Academy 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade
Anker Valley Primary Academy 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
St Leonard's CofE (A) Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Good
Moorgate Primary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
Coton Green Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged
Ankermoor Primary Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published