Henhurst Ridge Primary Academy

Primary · Free schools · Ages 2–11 · Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2024

2.094 miles

Furthest distance (miles): "2.094" · Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2024

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Henhurst Ridge Primary Academy is a primary school in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire for ages 2–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 January 2023. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 entry.

Henhurst Ridge 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	2.094 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 2.094 miles away, the 8th longest of 17 Staffordshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.92 miles).
Reception 2026 had 45 first-choice applications for 59 offers, with 15 offers going to families who ranked it second or lower.
In Reception 2026, 44 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% 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: Henhurst Ridge, Burton-on-Trent, DE13 9TQ
Type: Free schools
Phase: Primary
Ages: 2–11
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 342 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 20.8% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 23.2

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 17 January 2023

Strengths

“Pupils are happy, safe and enjoy coming to school.”
“They are proud of their school.”
“The oldest pupils talk with pride about being, ‘The first pupils ever to start at this school.”

To improve

“However, in a few subjects, leaders have not identified the precise knowledge that pupils need to know.”
“This means that in these subjects, pupils do not build effectively on their previous learning.”
“Occasionally, teachers do not receive the guidance they need to plan activities that help pupils to learn effectively.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 February 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)	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: 45 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 44 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.

The Mosley Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
Shobnall Primary & Nursery School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Branston Locks Primary and Nursery School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Scientia Academy 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Rykneld Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good
Grange School 1.7 mi Good
All Saints CofE (C) Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
Lift Anglesey 2.0 mi Standards maintained