The Mosley Academy

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.052 miles

Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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The Mosley Academy is a primary school in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 13 May 2025. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.

The Mosley 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 2026	1.052 mi
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

The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.052 miles away, the 24th shortest of 58 Staffordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
The 2026 Reception last distance was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2024, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years.
For Reception in 2026, 38 first-choice applications for 30 offers: 28 offers went to first-choice families and 10 first-choice families (26%) were not offered a place.
In 2024/25, 63% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 13% 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: Main Road, Anslow, Burton-on-Trent, DE13 9QD
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 212 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 3.8% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 23.6

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

Ofsted

Not judged Inspected 13 May 2025

Strengths

“The Mosley Academy is a happy place where kindness supports children to learn and grow.”
“Pupils and staff form warm and caring relationships.”
“This helps pupils to feel safe, happy and secure at school.”

To improve

“However, on occasion, misconceptions and gaps in pupils’ learning are not addressed well enough.”
“This includes in pupils’ writing, where errors in spelling, punctuation and handwriting sometimes become embedded.”
“However, occasionally, teaching is not consistently adapted to meet some pupils’ needs.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 June 2025 (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)	63%	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: 38 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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.

Henhurst Ridge Primary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
Shobnall Primary & Nursery School 1.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
St Modwen's Catholic Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade
Burton Fields School 1.6 mi Good
Scientia Academy 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Outwoods Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade
Grange School 1.9 mi Good
Horninglow Primary School 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published