William MacGregor Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Tamworth, Staffordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.266 miles
Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
William MacGregor Primary School is a primary school in Tamworth, Staffordshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 25 January 2023. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
William MacGregor Primary 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 2026 | 0.266 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.266 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 58 Staffordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and 2024, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 36 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 6 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 7% 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
- Glascote Road, Glascote, Tamworth, B77 2AF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Staffordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 210 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 25 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and feel safe at William Macgregor Primary School.”
- “They come through the school gates with smiles on their faces.”
- “Pupils and their parents know that the adults at school are always there to help and support them.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, however, the devices make tasks more complicated than they need to be.”
- “Some pupils struggle to remember the author of the book their teacher is reading because teachers do not routinely talk about this.”
- “The reduces pupils making informed choices about the books they read themselves.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 March 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) | 50% | 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: 36 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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 Woodlands Community Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ankermoor Primary Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Lakeside Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School 0.8 mi Good
- Moorgate Primary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Florendine Primary School 0.9 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Oakhill Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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