Fradley Park Primary and Nursery School

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

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.644 miles

Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Fradley Park Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Lichfield, Staffordshire for ages 3–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 February 2025. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.

Fradley Park Primary and Nursery 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

For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.644 miles away: 14th shortest of 58 Staffordshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.27 miles).
In 2026 Reception entry there were 31 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (3%) was not offered a place.
Free school meal eligibility stands at 3.8% of pupils, against a middle figure of 22.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Staffordshire.
There are 17.8 pupils per teacher, below the middle figure of 20.7 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: Murphy Street, Fradley, Lichfield, WS13 8TW
Type: Free schools
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 133 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 3.8% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 17.8

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

Ofsted

Not judged Inspected 11 February 2025

Strengths

“Children make the strongest start in this warm and welcoming school.”
“They flourish in the exceptional early years provision.”
“The school’s Nursery starts this journey by instilling children with confidence, resilience and a love of learning.”

To improve

“However, in some subjects, the key learning and sticky knowledge that the pupils need is not identified consistently.”
“This means that teachers sometimes give pupils work which does not match the intended learning.”
“However, some of the school’s approaches are not applied consistently.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 31 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 Stephen's Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good
Streethay Primary School 1.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
All Saints Church of England Primary and Nursery School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade
Charnwood Primary Academy 2.0 mi School remains Good
Scotch Orchard Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade
Willows Primary Academy 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade
St Chad's CofE Primary School 2.4 mi Standards maintained
SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade