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Pirehill First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–9 · Community school
Tilling Drive, Walton, Pirehill First School Staffordshire County Council, Stone ST15 0AA · pirehill.staffs.sch.uk · 01785 334970
On the mapSearch near ST15 0AA
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 245
- 82% of 300 places
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Free school meals
- 19.2%
- First language not English
- 3.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 35 families put the school first and 39 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 | 39 | 35 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 38 | 37 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 49 | 44 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 44 | 44 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Pirehill First School on 23 June 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 23 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, May 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
May 2022Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jul 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (102 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 102
- 35% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 72% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (12%) with SEND