Princefield First School

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–9 · Stafford, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2025

5.993 miles

Furthest distance (miles): "5.993" · Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2025

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Princefield First School is a primary school in Stafford, Staffordshire for ages 3–9 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 13 July 2022. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.

Princefield First 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 2025	5.993 mi

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

What the figures show

In Reception 2025 the last child offered a place lived 5.993 miles away. That was the 3rd longest of the 27 Staffordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
Reception 2026 had 36 first-choice applications for 38 offers. Every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
12.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals. Across the 8 nearest primary schools in Staffordshire, the middle figure is 19.9%.

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: Saxon Road, Penkridge, Stafford, ST19 5EP
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–9
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 253 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 12.3% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.4

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 13 July 2022

Strengths

“Pupils at Princefield are happy to attend.”
“This is because they are well cared for by staff.”
“There are highly positive relationships between staff and pupils that start in Nursery.”

To improve

“Some of the older pupils say that bullying sometimes happens.”
“However, they have missed the opportunities to go out on visits.”
“Parents have also missed the face-to-face community events which have been limited since the pandemic.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 September 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 36 first-preference applications, 38 offers in total, 36 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.

St Michael's CofE (A) First School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Marshbrook First School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St Leonard's CofE First School 2.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Littleton Green Community School 2.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
All Saints CofE Primary School, Bednall 3.0 mi Requires improvement
St Lukes CofE Primary School 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Moorhill Primary School 3.6 mi Some aspects not as strong
Redhill Primary School 3.7 mi Standards maintained