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St Austin's Catholic Primary School and Nursery

Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy

Garden Street, Stafford ST17 4BT · st-austins.staffs.sch.uk · 01785 413277

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Overview

Ofsted
Standards maintained
Ungraded inspection · Jan 2025
Key stage 2, 2024/25
75%
reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Staffordshire 63%, England 62%
Demand for places
0.9
first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
Pupils
221
98% of 226 places
Local authority
Staffordshire
Nursery class
Yes
Free school meals
11%
First language not English
12.2%
School census 2025/26
Trust
St Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Reception in September 2026, 18 families put the school first and 20 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 24 (Places 29)24September 2023: 30 (Places 30)30September 2024: 30 (Places 30)30September 2025: 29 (Places 29)29September 2026: 18 (Places 20)18Places 20
ReceptionPlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 202620180.9100%
September 2025Sept 202529291100%
September 2024Sept 20243030197%
September 2023Sept 20233030197%
September 2022Sept 202229240.8100%

Results

In 2024/25, 75% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% the higher standard. Across Staffordshire it was 63%, and across England 62%.

Expected standard reading, writing and maths

2019/20 to 2021/22: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1922/2323/2424/252015/16: 63% (England 53%)63%2016/17: 82% (England 61%)82%2017/18: 70% (England 64%)70%2018/19: 83% (England 65%)83%2022/23: 65% (England 60%)65%2023/24: 70% (England 61%)70%2024/25: 75% (England 62%)75%England 62%
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
Reading, writing and maths
▲75%62%
▲11%8%
Average scaled score
●106106
●107105
▲108105

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 124361)

Ofsted

At an ungraded inspection on 8 January 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for St Austin's Catholic Primary School and Nursery was: Standards maintained.

Outcome
Standards maintained
Inspected
7 Jan 2025
Ungraded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Feb 2019

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Feb 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Nov 2011Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Early yearsGood
  • Apr 2009Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    Early yearsGood

What parents said

84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (49 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
84%
Replies
49
25% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼85% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe●89% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved●82% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲92% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well●89% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▲92% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▲90% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼84% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼88% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development●80% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼70% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 67% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼44% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 27% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼50% agreeEngland 67%

based on 12 parents (24%) with SEND

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