The Violet Way Academy

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–7 · Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2025

1.632 miles

Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2025

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The Violet Way Academy is a primary school in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire for ages 4–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 March 2024. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.

The Violet Way Academy 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 2025	1.632 mi

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

What the figures show

For Reception in 2025 the last child offered a place lived 1.632 miles away, the 12th shortest of 27 Staffordshire primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 1.79 miles.
For Reception in 2026 there were 76 first-choice applications for 77 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
15.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, while the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Staffordshire is 28.6%.

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: Violet Way, Stapenhill, Burton-on-Trent, DE15 9ES
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–7
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 251 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 15.1% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 23.7

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 19 March 2024

Strengths

“At Violet Way, pupils are encouraged to ‘reach for the stars’ and achieve their full potential.”
“Staff know the pupils very well and show great care for them.”
“This helps them to feel safe and happy when they are in school.”

To improve

“In some subjects however, pupils do not always learn key information in a logical order.”
“On occasion, pupils do work without having the prior knowledge they need to complete the work successfully.”
“This results in pupils not understanding some important parts of the curriculum.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 April 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 76 first-preference applications, 77 offers in total, 76 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.

Edge Hill Academy 0.2 mi School remains Good
River View Primary and Nursery School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
Holy Rosary Catholic Voluntary Academy 1.0 mi Not judged
Christ Church Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Lift Anglesey 1.2 mi Standards maintained
Tower View Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade
Holy Trinity CofE (C) Primary School 1.3 mi Some aspects not as strong
Winshill Village Primary and Nursery School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published