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Horton St Michael's CofE First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–9 · Academy
Horton, Leek ST13 8RU · hortonstmichaels.co.uk · 01538 306278
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2024
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 54
- 68% of 79 places
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Free school meals
- 4.2%
- First language not English
- 1.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 6 families put the school first and 6 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 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 15 | 16 | 1.1▲ | 94% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 14 | 13 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
Horton St Michael's CofE First School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 9 July 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 9 Jul 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jul 2013
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124253), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jul 2013Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124253)
Feb 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124253)
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (40 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 40
- 50% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied