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Beresford Memorial CofE First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–9 · Academy
Novi Lane, Leek ST13 6NR · bmf.ttlt.org.uk · 01538 714790
On the mapSearch near ST13 6NR
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2023
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 153
- 3 over 150 places · 102%
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 32%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 24 families put the school first and 24 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 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 32 | 1.1▲ | 94% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 19 | 13 | 0.7 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 15 November 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Beresford Memorial CofE First School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 14 Nov 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Apr 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124340), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Apr 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124340)
Oct 2010Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124340)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (16 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 16
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 19% who had a child bullied