Richard Wakefield CofE Primary Academy

Richard Wakefield C of E Primary Academy has achieved a good overall effectiveness rating in its first inspection since converting to an academy in 2018. The school provides a safe and nurturing environment where pupils are happy and eager to learn, and there is a strong emphasis on high expectations for behavior and academic performance. Leaders effectively integrate the school’s values with Christian principles, fostering a strong sense of community among the students. The curriculum is well-organized and ambitious, ensuring that the educational needs of all pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), are met.

Strengths

• Pupils are safe, happy, and eager to learn.
• High expectations for behavior and learning are consistently upheld.
• Strong integration of school values with a caring community ethos.
• Effective support and identification of learning needs for pupils.
• Ambitious and well-organized curriculum supporting all students, including those with SEND.
• Strong early reading program, with nearly all pupils becoming fluent readers.
• Positive learning behaviors are rapidly developed from early years.

Areas for Improvement

• In some areas, teachers need more support in connecting new learning with prior knowledge.
• Informal assessments in foundation subjects are not consistently used to identify gaps in understanding.

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 Richard Wakefield CofE Primary Academy attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.6% 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, 0.4% of pupils at Richard Wakefield CofE Primary Academy 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 Richard Wakefield CofE Primary Academy had 19.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.8% 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, 12.5% of pupils at Richard Wakefield CofE Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.6% 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 Richard Wakefield CofE Primary Academy received £6,017 and spent £6,177 for each of its 259 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £277,000 (£1,069 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Affinity Learning Partnership, income was £7,699 and spending £7,452 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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All schools in Burton-On-Trent · Staffordshire local authority: places and applications

Richard Wakefield CofE Primary Academy is part of Affinity Learning Partnership, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• The de Ferrers Academy Burton-On-Trent
• Horninglow Primary School Burton-On-Trent
• Eton Park Junior Academy Burton-On-Trent
• Lansdowne Infant Academy Burton-On-Trent
• The Pingle Academy Swadlincote
• Granville Academy Swadlincote

What is Richard Wakefield CofE Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Richard Wakefield CofE Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Richard Wakefield CofE Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Richard Wakefield CofE Primary Academy was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Richard Wakefield CofE Primary Academy have?

Richard Wakefield CofE Primary Academy has 255 pupils on roll.

What age range does Richard Wakefield CofE Primary Academy cover?

Richard Wakefield CofE Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Richard Wakefield CofE Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Richard Wakefield CofE Primary Academy?

Richard Wakefield CofE Primary Academy is at Burton Street, Tutbury, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 9NR.