St Peter's CofE Primary Academy

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Cannock, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.275 miles

Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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St Peter's CofE Primary Academy is a primary school in Cannock, Staffordshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 December 2022. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.

St Peter's CofE 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 2026	1.275 mi
Reception 2025	🔒 With a pass

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

What the figures show

For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.275 miles away, the 29th longest of 58 Staffordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025; the middle figure across those 58 schools in 2026 was 1.27 miles.
In 2026 Reception entry, 61 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 56 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families (8%) were not offered a place.
In 2024/25, 51% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% 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: Reservoir Road, Hednesford, Cannock, WS12 1BE
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 473 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 15% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 6 December 2022

Strengths

“St Peter’s is a happy and welcoming school.”
“Pupils are chatty and friendly.”
“Relationships between staff and pupils are positive.”

To improve

“Bullying and unkind behaviour can happen occasionally.”
“However, leaders have not yet applied this focus to the early years curriculum.”
“Early reading and mathematics are well-thought-through, but other areas of learning are less well sequenced.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 January 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)	51%	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: 61 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 56 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 Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Poppyfield Primary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
Five Ways Primary School 0.8 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
Chadsmoor Community Infants and Nursery School 0.8 mi Good
West Hill Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
Heath Hayes Primary Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Gorsemoor Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Chadsmoor CofE (VC) Junior School 1.1 mi School remains Good