Five Spires Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Lichfield, Staffordshire
Five Spires Academy is a primary school in Lichfield, Staffordshire for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 12 July 2023. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Cherry Orchard, Lichfield, WS14 9AN
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Staffordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 220 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 12 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are very happy at Five Spires Academy.”
- “Their success and well-being are at that heart of leaders’ work.”
- “Leaders live out the school’s mission of ‘everyone inspire, everyone aspire’ in all they do with pupils.”
To improve
- “However, learning is not as well sequenced in a few subjects, where the organisation of the curriculum means that some pupils struggle to pick out some overarching themes.”
- “This means that some pupils struggle to understand how their current learning fits in with what they have learned in the past.”
- “However, on some occasions they do not pick up and address misconceptions quickly enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2023 (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) | 78% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 22 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2024, as Staffordshire published it, drawn on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Earlier years of exam results
- Which schools pupils move on to or come from
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Staffordshire.
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Michael's CofE (C) Primary School 0.1 mi Standards maintained
- St Chad's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained
- Scotch Orchard Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Chadsmead Primary Academy 1.0 mi Not judged
- Christ Church CofE (C) Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Willows Primary Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade