Jerome Primary School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Cannock, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

Not published

From Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Jerome Primary School is a primary school in Cannock, Staffordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 3 February 2023. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.

Jerome 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	Not published
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, there were 37 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families and 8 first-choice families (22%) were not offered a place.
The Reception 2026 entry had 1.2 first choices per offer, the 15th highest of 296 Staffordshire primary schools.
There are 28.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 24.4 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Staffordshire.
In 2024/25, 84% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% 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: Hussey Road, Norton Canes, Cannock, WS11 9TP
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 214 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 8.9% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 28.2

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 3 February 2023

Strengths

“Leaders have created a strong sense of teamwork at Jerome Primary school.”
“Staff, pupils and parents are proud to be part of the ‘Jerome team’.”
“Pupils work hard and are positive about the work they complete in different subjects.”

To improve

“However, in some subjects, pupils find it hard to remember what they have learned.”
“This means that they find it hard to link what they have previously learned to new knowledge.”
“However, this is not the case across all subjects.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 March 2023 (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)	84%	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: 37 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.

Norton Canes Primary Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Gorsemoor Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Heath Hayes Primary Academy 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Five Ways Primary School 1.6 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
St Joseph & St Theresa Catholic Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Moat Hall Primary Academy 1.8 mi Not judged
Holly Grove Primary Academy 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published