Christ Church CofE (C) Primary School

Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Lichfield, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.854 miles

Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Christ Church CofE (C) Primary School is a primary school in Lichfield, Staffordshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 October 2023. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.

Christ Church CofE (C) 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	0.854 mi
Reception 2025	🔒 With a pass

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

What the figures show

In 2024/25, 86% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 16% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
The last Reception 2026 offer went to a child 0.854 miles away, the 20th shortest of 58 Staffordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance, nearer than in 2025.
Reception 2026 drew 67 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 59 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families (12%) were not offered a place.
Of its pupils, 7.9% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 18.9% 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: Christ Church Lane, Lichfield, WS13 8AY
Type: Voluntary controlled school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 420 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 7.9% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 20.4

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 17 October 2023

Strengths

“Pupils attend this warm and welcoming school eagerly because they know staff care deeply for them and put their needs and interests first.”
“Pupils say: ‘It feels like a second home.”
“Teachers and children are really kind and caring.”

To improve

“However, in some subjects, the school has not identified precisely enough how the knowledge pupils learn builds progressively over time.”
“Clear links between learning are not precise enough to enable pupils to achieve the same high standard as they do in reading, writing and mathematics.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 2024 (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: 67 first-preference applications, 60 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.

Chadsmead Primary Academy 0.9 mi Not judged
Anna Seward Primary 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Michael's CofE (C) Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
Five Spires Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
St Chad's CofE Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained
Willows Primary Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade