St Michael's CofE (A) First School

Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–9 · Stafford, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

Not published

From Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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St Michael's CofE (A) First School is a primary school in Stafford, Staffordshire for ages 3–9 (voluntary aided school). Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.

St Michael's CofE (A) First 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 34 first-choice applications for 30 offers, 1.1 first choices per offer, the 31st highest of 296 Staffordshire primary schools.
In 2026, 30 Reception offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (12%) were not offered a place.
Free school meal eligibility is 10.1% of pupils, against a middle figure of 19.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Staffordshire.
The latest Ofsted inspection, on 3 February 2026, gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome was Good (12 July 2011).

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: Market Place, Penkridge, Stafford, ST19 5DJ
Type: Voluntary aided school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–9
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 148 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 10.1% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.8

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

Ofsted

No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 February 2026

Strengths

“Pupils enjoy their time at St Michael’s First School and feel proud to be part of its community.”
“They speak warmly about their teachers and feel safe and well cared for.”
“Pupils exemplify the school values of service, joyfulness, kindness, respect, courage and perseverance in their daily interactions.”

To improve

“In contrast, there is some variability in the standard and quality of pupils’ writing.”
“This is because some younger pupils have not secured key skills, such as sentence construction and handwriting.”
“Year 1 phonics outcomes have dipped to below the national average.”

Safeguarding: met

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 April 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 34 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.

Marshbrook First School 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Princefield First School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St Leonard's CofE First School 2.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
All Saints CofE Primary School, Bednall 2.9 mi Requires improvement
Littleton Green Community School 3.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
St Lukes CofE Primary School 3.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Moorhill Primary School 3.8 mi Some aspects not as strong
Redhill Primary School 3.9 mi Standards maintained