Manor Hill First School

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

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.644 miles

Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Manor Hill First School is a primary school in Stone, Staffordshire for ages 2–9 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 September 2023. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.

Manor Hill 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 2026	0.644 mi

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

What the figures show

The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.644 miles, the 14th shortest of 58 Staffordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 1.27 miles).
Reception 2026 had 54 first-choice applications for 45 offers; all 45 offers went to first-choice families, and 9 first-choice families (17%) were not offered a place.
Pupils per teacher stand at 28.3, against a middle figure of 19.5 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Staffordshire.
Free school meal eligibility is 14.6% of pupils, above the middle figure of 9.8% 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: Manor Rise, Walton, Stone, ST15 0HY
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 2–9
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 260 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 14.6% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 28.3

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 15 September 2023

Strengths

“Manor Hill First School is a caring school where pupils are happy and safe.”
“Parents and carers are very positive about the school.”
“One parent summed up the views of many when they said, ‘This is more than a school: it is a community where children and families are supported and cared for.’”

To improve

“However, some staff are not always clear about the best ways to deliver the planned curriculum.”
“When this is the case, activities chosen do not always enable pupils to learn and remember as well as they could.”
“This means that sometimes the curriculum does not always have the strong impact that leaders intend.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 October 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 54 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 45 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.

Pirehill First School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade
St Dominic's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Christ Church CofE First School 0.7 mi Standards maintained
St Michael's CofE (C) First School 1.0 mi School remains Good
Springfields First School 1.8 mi Good
Oulton CofE First School 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Barlaston CofE (VC) First School 3.2 mi Good
Tittensor CofE (C) First School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published