Baldwins Gate CofE(VC) Primary School

Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

4.111 miles

Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Baldwins Gate CofE(VC) Primary School is a primary school in Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 September 2022. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.

Baldwins Gate CofE(VC) 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	4.111 mi
Reception 2025	🔒 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 in 2026 lived 4.111 miles away, the 7th longest of 58 Staffordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
For Reception 2026, there were 31 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
In 2024/25, 31% reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths (England 8%), and 77% met the expected standard (England 62%).
The 2024/25 expected-standard figure of 77% was the highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Staffordshire that have results.

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: Tollgate Avenue, Baldwins Gate, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, ST5 5DF
Type: Voluntary controlled school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 188 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 8% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.4

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 22 September 2022

Strengths

“Pupils are kind, caring and considerate.”
“They are exceptionally polite and proud of their achievements.”
“This was demonstrated by a pupil who waited patiently for the inspector after school, to proudly show off his homework.”

To improve

“However, they do not always use these ongoing checks well, to adapt the curriculum when required.”
“This means that, at times, pupils’ learning does not build on what they have learned previously.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 October 2022 (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)	77%	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: 31 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.

Sir John Offley CofE (VC) Primary School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
St John's CofE Primary Academy 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
The Meadows Primary School 3.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
All Saints CofE (C) First School 3.5 mi Standards maintained
Seabridge Primary School 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade
Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School 3.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Westlands Primary School 3.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Langdale Primary School 4.0 mi Good