Anker Valley Primary Academy

Primary · Free schools · Ages 3–11 · Tamworth, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

Every applicant was offered a place

From Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Anker Valley Primary Academy is a primary school in Tamworth, Staffordshire for ages 3–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 January 2024. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.

Anker Valley Primary Academy 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	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2025	🔒 With a pass

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

What the figures show

For Reception 2026 there were 38 first-choice applications for 28 offers: 1.4 first choices per offer, the 6th highest of 296 Staffordshire primary schools.
All 28 Reception 2026 offers went to first-choice families, and 10 first-choice families (26%) were not offered a place.
At 18.5%, the share of pupils eligible for free school meals is below the middle figure of 27.1% 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: Brooklime Way, Tamworth, B79 0FD
Type: Free schools
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 146 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 18.5% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 23.8

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 23 January 2024

Strengths

“Anker Valley is a warm, nurturing, successful school.”
“Pupils flourish because they are cared for deeply.”
“Their needs are at the heart of every decision the school makes.”

To improve

“However, in a small number of subjects, the school has not ensured that the curriculum is implemented in a way that allows knowledge to build and deepen.”
“In these subjects, pupils are not given enough opportunities to demonstrate what they have learned and remembered.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 February 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 38 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 28 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.

Ashcroft Infants' School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Flax Hill Junior Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
St Leonard's CofE (A) Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Ankermoor Primary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Good
Moorgate Primary Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
Florendine Primary School 1.2 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published