St John's CofE First School

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–9 · Stafford, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2025

5.709 miles

Furthest distance (miles): "5.709" · Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2025

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St John's CofE First School is a primary school in Stafford, Staffordshire for ages 2–9 (academy converter). Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.

St John's CofE 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	5.709 mi

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

What the figures show

In 2025, the last child offered a Reception place lived 5.709 miles away, 4th longest of 27 Staffordshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.79 miles).
Reception 2026 had 11 first-choice applications for 11 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
It has 18 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 25.1 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Staffordshire.
9.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 22.6% 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: Whiteoaks Drive, Bishopswood, Stafford, ST19 9AH
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 2–9
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 81 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 9.9% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 18

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

Ofsted

No Ofsted grade Inspected 2 June 2026

Strengths

“John’s C of E First School are happy, enthusiastic and confident.”
“They enjoy coming to school because they find learning interesting and fun.”
“The school values of perseverance, courage, friendship, trust, compassion and respect are clearly evident in pupils’ attitudes and behaviour.”

To improve

“Leaders recognise that some pupils need greater support to develop accuracy in handwriting and spelling in order to become fluent and independent writers.”
“Leaders are aware that the attendance of a small number of disadvantaged pupils is below average.”
“However, some variation remains in the quality of teaching across the school.”

Safeguarding: met

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 July 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 11 first-preference applications, 11 offers in total, 11 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 Mary's CofE First Academy 2.5 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
St Mary's Catholic Primary School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Mary and St Chad CofE First School 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St Nicholas Church of England First School 4.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Lane Green First School 4.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
St Christopher's Catholic Primary Academy 4.7 mi Standards maintained
St Paul's CofE First School 4.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Church Eaton Primary School 5.1 mi Requires improvement