Beresford Memorial CofE First School

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

Last distance offered · Reception 2025

Not published

From Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2025

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Beresford Memorial CofE First School is a primary school in Leek, Staffordshire for ages 3–9 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 November 2023. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.

Beresford Memorial 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	Not published

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

What the figures show

For Reception in 2026 there were 24 first-choice applications for 24 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
That 2026 Reception figure of 1.0 first choices per offer was the 53rd highest of 296 Staffordshire primary schools.
Free school meals are recorded for 32% of pupils, against a middle figure of 11.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Staffordshire.
Ofsted's latest outcome, on 15 November 2023, was that the school remains Good; all 8 nearest primary schools in Staffordshire are rated Good.

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: Novi Lane, Leek, ST13 6NR
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–9
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 153 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 32% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 20.4

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 15 November 2023

Strengths

“Beresford is a school that wants the best for its pupils.”
“There is a culture of high ambition for all, and most pupils are achieving well by the time they move on to middle school.”
“They believe that it is important to do things such as work hard, concentrate, imagine and push yourself.”

To improve

“Pupils cannot remember as much of their previous learning in these subjects.”
“This is because previously, these subjects have not been as well planned and delivered as they could have been.”
“In addition, the school has not fully considered all that children in the early years need to learn in these subjects.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 December 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 24 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 24 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.

Leek First School 0.5 mi School remains Good
St Mary's Catholic Academy 1.1 mi Standards maintained
All Saints CofE First School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Westwood First School 1.4 mi Good
Woodcroft Academy 1.7 mi School remains Good
Blackshaw Moor CofE First School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Horton St Michael's CofE First School 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
St Edward's CofE Academy Cheddleton 3.5 mi Improved significantly