Blackshaw Moor CofE First School

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

Last distance offered · Reception 2025

6.429 miles

Furthest distance (miles): "6.429" · Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2025

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Blackshaw Moor 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 7 December 2023. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.

Blackshaw Moor 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	6.429 mi

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

What the figures show

The Reception 2025 last distance offered was 6.429 miles, 2nd longest of 27 Staffordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance (middle figure 1.79 miles).
Reception 2026 had 8 first-choice applications for 8 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; the published admission number for Reception 2025 was 11 places.
With 67 pupils on roll in January 2026, there are 17 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.4 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: Buxton Road, Blackshaw Moor, Leek, ST13 8TW
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–9
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 67 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 11.9% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 17

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 7 December 2023

Strengths

“Inspirational staff, supportive parents and carers, and special pupils come together in a caring and nurturing environment.”
“Values of courage, trust, compassion, friendship, truthfulness and respect are more than just words at Blackshaw Moor; they are what guides this community each day.”
“Expectations for what pupils will learn while at Blackshaw Moor are high.”

To improve

“However, at times, the work is not well matched to what some pupils have previously achieved.”
“This makes learning harder for those pupils.”
“However, for some pupils, reading is too focused on decoding words rather than also understanding new words and what they have read.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 January 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 8 first-preference applications, 8 offers in total, 8 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.

Beresford Memorial CofE First School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Leek First School 2.4 mi School remains Good
St Mary's Catholic Academy 2.9 mi Standards maintained
All Saints CofE First School 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Westwood First School 3.2 mi Good
Woodcroft Academy 3.5 mi School remains Good
Horton St Michael's CofE First School 4.2 mi Good Last distance published
Rushton CofE First School 4.6 mi Not judged Last distance published