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Barnfields Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Lansdowne Way, Wildwood, Stafford ST17 4RD · barnfields.staffs.sch.uk · 01785 337320
On the mapSearch near ST17 4RD
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 73%
- 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
- 399
- 95% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 6%
- First language not English
- 11%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 47 families put the school first and 50 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 | 50 | 47 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 53 | 49 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 47 | 43 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 55 | 53 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 46 | 41 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% the higher standard. Across Staffordshire it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲73% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 124167)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 19 June 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Barnfields Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 18 Jun 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Apr 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Apr 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective May 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2010Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (131 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 131
- 32% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 71% who raised concerns
based on the 28% who had a child bullied
based on 25 parents (19%) with SEND