Horninglow Primary School

Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.358 miles

Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Horninglow Primary School is a primary school in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 9 October 2024. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.

Horninglow Primary 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	0.358 mi
Reception 2024	🔒 With a pass

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

What the figures show

In 2024/25, 34% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.358 miles away, the 6th shortest of 58 Staffordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
Reception 2026 saw 33 first-choice applications for 30 offers; all 30 went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (9%) were not offered a place.
There are 23.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18.6 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Staffordshire.

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: Horninglow Road North, Burton-on-Trent, DE13 0SW
Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 228 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 36.4% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 23.1

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

Ofsted

Standards maintained Inspected 9 October 2024

Strengths

“Pupils thrive at this caring and inclusive school.”
“This is typified by the warm welcome pupils receive each morning.”
“The school is ambitious for all pupils, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”

To improve

“However, during some social times, expectations for behaviour are not reinforced consistently.”
“When this happens, some pupils do not behave as well as leaders expect.”
“However, in some subjects, teachers do not routinely check pupils’ understanding of what has been taught.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 November 2024 (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)	34%	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: 33 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.

Eton Park Junior Academy 0.3 mi Good
Scientia Academy 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Lansdowne Infant Academy 0.4 mi Standards maintained
Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School 0.6 mi Not judged
Grange School 0.7 mi Good
Burton Fields School 0.7 mi Good
Outwoods Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
St Modwen's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade