Gorsemoor Primary School

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

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.352 miles

Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Gorsemoor Primary School is a primary school in Cannock, Staffordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.

Gorsemoor 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	0.352 mi

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

What the figures show

In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.352 miles away, the 5th shortest of 58 Staffordshire primary schools with a published last distance; the middle was 1.27 miles.
For Reception 2026 there were 80 first-choice applications for 59 offers; all 59 offers went to first-choice families, and 21 first-choice families were not offered a place.
In 2024/25, 65% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% 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: Gorsemoor School, Gorsemoor Road, Heath Hayes, Cannock, WS12 3TG
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 384 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 14.3% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.2

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

Ofsted

No Ofsted grade Inspected 10 February 2026

Strengths

“Being a pupil at this school feels safe, welcoming and full of opportunity.”
“From the moment pupils arrive each morning, they know the staff care about them.”
“There is a healthy culture of looking after one another.”

To improve

“However, there is scope to strengthen this further so that even more pupils develop fluent handwriting and number skills.”
“That said, there is still room to sharpen practice further, for example strengthening fluency with number and giving pupils more consistent guidance about careful letter formation and pencil grip.”
“Leaders keep watch on adults’ work and identify where further development is needed, such as strengthening how staff use daily conversations to extend children’s learning.”

Safeguarding: met

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 April 2026 (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)	65%	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: 80 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 59 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.

Five Ways Primary School 0.3 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
Heath Hayes Primary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Peter's CofE Primary Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
Chadsmoor CofE (VC) Junior School 1.3 mi School remains Good
Chadsmoor Community Infants and Nursery School 1.3 mi Good
Norton Canes Primary Academy 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Jerome Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published