Colwich CofE Primary School

Colwich CofE Primary School has been recognized for its overall good performance across various aspects including the quality of education, behavior, personal development, and leadership. The school promotes a positive environment where pupils feel safe, supported, and encouraged to strive for academic success while developing into respectful and caring individuals. The active involvement of pupils in various activities, such as 'Friendship Fridays', has fostered a strong sense of community and responsibility among them. The school, being part of the Mid-Trent Multi Academy Trust, has effectively utilized collaboration within the trust to enhance its educational offerings, especially in key areas like early reading and phonics.

Strengths

• Strong and effective leadership managing changing circumstances well.
• Pupils demonstrate kindness, respect, and readiness to learn.
• Effective partnership working enhances expertise across subjects.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
• Positive relationships between staff and pupils encourage engagement.
• Pupils prepared well for the next stage of their education.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack sufficient alignment of resources with the intended curriculum.
• Learning activities for a few pupils with SEND are not well matched to their needs.
• Errors in basic skills are not consistently addressed, hindering pupil achievement.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Colwich CofE Primary School attended 96.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.9% of pupils at Colwich CofE Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Colwich CofE Primary School had 18.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 10.3% of pupils at Colwich CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 10.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Colwich CofE Primary School received £6,722 and spent £6,667 for each of its 108 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £113,000 (£1,046 per pupil).

Across all 3 schools of Mid-Trent Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,027 and spending £6,752 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Colwich CofE Primary School is part of Mid-Trent Multi Academy Trust, which runs 3 schools. The nearest others:

• St Peter's CofE Primary School Stafford
• St Andrew's CofE Primary School Stafford

What is Colwich CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Colwich CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in October 2023.

When was Colwich CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Colwich CofE Primary School was last inspected in October 2023.

How many pupils does Colwich CofE Primary School have?

Colwich CofE Primary School has 97 pupils on roll.

What age range does Colwich CofE Primary School cover?

Colwich CofE Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Colwich CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Colwich CofE Primary School?

Colwich CofE Primary School is at Main Road, Colwich, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 0XD.