Flash Ley Primary School

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

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

2.218 miles

Furthest distance (miles): "2.218" · Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Flash Ley Primary School is a primary school in Stafford, Staffordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 June 2023. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.

Flash Ley 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	2.218 mi
Reception 2024	🔒 With a pass

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

What the figures show

The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 2.218 miles away, the 14th longest of 58 Staffordshire primary schools with a published last distance.
That 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2024.
Reception 2026 had 29 first-choice applications for 30 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
In 2024/25, 86% 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: Hawksmoor Road, Stafford, ST17 9DR
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 189 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 40.2% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.6

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 7 June 2023

Strengths

“The school motto of ‘believe to achieve’ is realised at Flash Ley Primary.”
“Leaders have high aspirations for what pupils can achieve.”
“Pupils live up to these expectations.”

To improve

“However, in some subjects, assessment systems are less well developed.”
“Staff do not know enough about how well pupils are doing in these subjects.”
“However, leaders have not ensured that they are precise enough.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 July 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)	86%	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: 29 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.

Silkmore Primary Academy 0.3 mi School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
Rowley Park Primary Academy 0.4 mi School remains Good
Burton Manor Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Blessed Mother Teresa's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade
St Paul's Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Austin's Catholic Primary School and Nursery 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Castlechurch Primary School 0.9 mi Good
St Leonard's Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged