St Leonard's CofE First School

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

Last distance offered · Reception 2025

2.908 miles

Furthest distance (miles): "2.908" · Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2025

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St Leonard's CofE First School is a primary school in Stafford, Staffordshire for ages 3–9 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 17 December 2024. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.

St Leonard's 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	2.908 mi
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 2025 lived 2.908 miles away, the 6th longest of 27 Staffordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
The 2025 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2024.
Reception 2026 had 9 first-choice applications for 9 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
13.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 29.3% 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: School Lane, Dunston, Stafford, ST18 9AG
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–9
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 75 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 13.3% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 25

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

Ofsted

Standards maintained Inspected 17 December 2024

Strengths

“This is a very caring and nurturing school.”
“Staff are committed to pupils receiving a broad education.”
“Values of thankfulness, trust, courage, forgiveness, service and respect are integral to the work of the school.”

To improve

“While pupils do achieve high standards in phonics at the end of key stage 1, this is not the case for some pupils across other subject areas.”
“However, some subjects are not taught as intended.”
“In these subjects, curriculum content is not always taught at the right time to build on previous learning.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 January 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 9 first-preference applications, 9 offers in total, 9 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.

All Saints CofE Primary School, Bednall 1.8 mi Requires improvement
Burton Manor Primary School 1.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Silkmore Primary Academy 2.1 mi School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
Flash Ley Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
Barnfields Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good
Marshbrook First School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Oakridge Primary School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
Rowley Park Primary Academy 2.3 mi School remains Good