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St Leonard's CofE First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–9 · Academy
School Lane, Dunston, Stafford ST18 9AG · st-leonards-dunston.staffs.sch.uk · 01785 712488
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Dec 2024
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 75
- 5 over 70 places · 107%
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 13.3%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 9 families put the school first and 9 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 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 11 | 10 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 17 December 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for St Leonard's CofE First School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 17 Dec 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2014
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124248), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
May 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124248)
Feb 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124248)
Feb 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124248)
What parents said
85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (27 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 85%
- Replies
- 27
- 35% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 93% who raised concerns
based on the 37% who had a child bullied