Gnosall St Lawrence Coe Primary Academy

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Stafford, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2024

2.505 miles

Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2024

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Gnosall St Lawrence Coe Primary Academy is a primary school in Stafford, Staffordshire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 March 2023. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 entry.

Gnosall St Lawrence Coe Primary 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 2024	2.505 mi

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

What the figures show

For Reception 2024, the last child offered a place lived 2.505 miles from the school, the 6th longest of 17 Staffordshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.92 miles).
For 2026 Reception entry there were 32 first-choice applications for 34 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
In 2024/25, 90% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 12% 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: Lowfield Lane, Gnosall, Stafford, ST20 0ET
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 2–11
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 309 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 16.5% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.8

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 22 March 2023

Strengths

“Pupils attend this welcoming and caring school happily.”
“They embrace the school values of perseverance, kindness and responsibility.”
“All staff provide a warm and safe environment for pupils.”

To improve

“A small number of parents are not confident that all concerns raised about bullying are fully resolved.”
“In a small number of subjects, leaders have only recently set out clearly what pupils need to know and remember.”
“In these subjects, pupils are not able to recall their prior learning as well as they should.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 May 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)	90%	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: 32 first-preference applications, 34 offers in total, 32 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.

Church Eaton Primary School 2.1 mi Requires improvement
Haughton St Giles CofE Primary Academy 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade
Woodseaves CE Primary Academy 3.4 mi Good
Cooper Perry Primary School 4.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Mary's CofE First Academy 4.8 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Burleyfields Primary School 4.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Castlechurch Primary School 4.9 mi Good