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Squirrel Hayes First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–9 · Foundation school
Springfield Road, Biddulph, Stoke-on-Trent ST8 7DF · squirrelhayes.staffs.sch.uk · 01782 973820
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Apr 2024
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 51
- 34% of 150 places
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 51%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 10 families put the school first and 11 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 11 | 10 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 18 | 17 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 23 April 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Squirrel Hayes First School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 23 Apr 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Sept 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective May 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Feb 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good