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Princefield First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–9 · Academy
Saxon Road, Penkridge, Stafford ST19 5EP · princefield.staffs.sch.uk · 01785 714050
On the mapSearch near ST19 5EP
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jul 2022
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 253
- 84% of 300 places
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 12.3%
- First language not English
- 2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 36 families put the school first and 38 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 | 38 | 36 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 45 | 42 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 40 | 35 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 44 | 44 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 13 July 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Princefield First School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 12 Jul 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2013
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124173), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Sept 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124173)
Dec 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124173)
What parents said
83% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (63 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 83%
- Replies
- 63
- 29% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied