Branston Locks Primary and Nursery School

Primary · Free schools · Ages 3–11 · Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.761 miles

Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Branston Locks Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire for ages 3–11 (free schools). Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.

Branston Locks 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	0.761 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 0.761 miles away, the 17th shortest of the 58 Staffordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
There were 39 first-choice applications for 30 Reception offers in 2026, 1.3 first choices per offer, the 9th highest of 296 Staffordshire primary schools.
In 2026, 29 first-choice families were offered a Reception place and 10 (26%) were not; 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
Free school meal eligibility is 7% of pupils, against a middle figure of 30.9% 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: Shire Way, Branston, Burton-on-Trent, DE13 9WU
Type: Free schools
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 86 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 7% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 18.4

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

Ofsted

No Ofsted grade

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 39 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.

Rykneld Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good
Henhurst Ridge Primary Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
Shobnall Primary & Nursery School 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Lift Anglesey 1.5 mi Standards maintained
Christ Church Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Grange School 1.9 mi Good
River View Primary and Nursery School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade
Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School 2.1 mi Not judged