St Mary and St Chad CofE First School

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

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

3.215 miles

Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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St Mary and St Chad CofE First School is a primary school in Stafford, Staffordshire for ages 2–9 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 27 September 2023. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.

St Mary and St Chad 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 2026	3.215 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 2026 Reception last distance offered was 3.215 miles, the 10th longest of the 58 Staffordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 1.27 miles).
The Reception last distance was further from the school in 2026 than in 2025, a sharp swing, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years.
For Reception 2026 there were 32 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (6%) were not offered a place.
There are 27.7 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 23.7 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: Newport Street, Brewood, Stafford, ST19 9DT
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 2–9
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 172 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 13.4% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 27.7

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 27 September 2023

Strengths

“Pupils and many parents feel lucky to be part of this ‘happy and caring’ community, where ‘everybody feels included’.”
“This is a school that provides a wide range of learning opportunities for all pupils.”
“This successfully encourages most pupils to show positive attitudes to their learning and demonstrate good behaviour, both in and out of the classroom.”

To improve

“However, more work is required to make sure that phonic lessons are being delivered with the precision needed to support the weakest readers.”
“However, for a small number of these pupils, ‘what and how’ they learn does not always match what is on their individual learning plans.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 32 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.

St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Paul's CofE First School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St John's CofE First School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Nicholas Church of England First School 3.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Lane Green First School 3.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
St Mary's CofE First Academy 3.4 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
St Christopher's Catholic Primary Academy 3.6 mi Standards maintained
Birches First School 3.9 mi Good Last distance published