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Blackshaw Moor CofE First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–9 · Academy
Buxton Road, Blackshaw Moor, Leek ST13 8TW · bms.ttlt.org.uk · 01538 300337
On the mapSearch near ST13 8TW
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Dec 2023
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 67
- 12 over 55 places · 122%
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 11.9%
- First language not English
- 1.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 8 families put the school first and 8 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 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 16 | 15 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 7 December 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Blackshaw Moor CofE First School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 7 Dec 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Sept 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124287), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Sept 2018Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124287)
Oct 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124287)
Sept 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124287)
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (23 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 23
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 57% who raised concerns
based on the 9% who had a child bullied