Horton St Michael's CofE First School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–9 · Leek, Staffordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2024
3.77 miles
Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2024
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Horton St Michael's CofE First School is a primary school in Leek, Staffordshire for ages 5–9 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 9 July 2024. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 entry.
Horton St Michael'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 2024 | 3.77 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The Reception 2024 last distance offered was 3.77 miles, the 3rd longest of 17 Staffordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2024 last distance (middle figure 1.92 miles).
- For Reception 2026 there were 6 first-choice applications for 6 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Of the 13 applications for Reception 2026, 2 (15%) came from families living outside Staffordshire, and 1 offer went to them.
- There are 13.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.9 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
- Horton, Leek, ST13 8RU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–9
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Staffordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 54 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 9 July 2024
Strengths
- “Horton St Michael’s CofE First School is a small school with a big heart.”
- “There is a strong sense of community and team spirit.”
- “Staff know pupils and their families very well.”
To improve
- “However, teachers do not always use assessment well enough to move pupils’ learning on.”
- “At times, teachers do not adapt their delivery of the curriculum in response to what pupils know and can do.”
- “This sometimes means that pupils do not make the progress that they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 September 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 6 first-preference applications, 6 offers in total, 6 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.
- Moor First School 2.2 mi Not judged
- Rushton CofE First School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Westwood First School 2.4 mi Good
- Woodcroft Academy 2.5 mi School remains Good
- St Mary's Catholic Academy 2.8 mi Standards maintained
- Oxhey First School 3.0 mi Outstanding
- All Saints CofE First School 3.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leek First School 3.3 mi School remains Good
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