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St Chad's CofE Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 195 pupils Lichfield
Ofsted: Good
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St Chad's CofE Primary School is an academy converter in Lichfield for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 195 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for St Chad's CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2017 of its predecessor, St Chad's CofE (VC) Primary School. In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: January 2025. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Church of England
Address St Michael Road
Lichfield
Staffordshire
WS13 6SN
Phone 01543226080
Reference Number 148749

General Makeup

Number of pupils 195
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 57.95%
Girls: 42.05%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 22.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 9.7%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26.4
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 20.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 17 12 29
2 8 7 15
3 21 9 30
4 17 14 31
5 18 13 31
6 17 14 31

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 70.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 6.2%
White, Other 5.1%
Mixed, Other 5.1%
Chinese 4.1%
White & Asian 2.6%
Unclassified 2.1%
Indian 1%
White & Black (African) 1%
Asian, Other 0.5%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, St Chad's CofE (VC) Primary School, inspected in May 2017.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 17 Dec 2024 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
17 Dec 2024 School inspection
08 Feb 2022 Academy conversion letter
03 May 2017 Full inspection:
Previously as St Chad's CofE (VC) Primary School
09 May 2013 Full inspection:
04 Jul 2011 Full inspection:
07 May 2008 Full inspection:
26 Apr 2004 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 62%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 10%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 106
Maths 102

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 3.2
Writing -0.3
Maths -0.4

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 16 3
Third Preference 13 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Chad's CofE Primary School had 198 pupils for 210 places. 12 places (5.7%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Lichfield Town South Primary” planning area

Staffordshire counted 276 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 338 in 2029–30, up 22%.

2022202320242025
Places 210210210210
Pupils 217221196198
Unfilled 0.0%0.0%6.7%5.7%

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 St Chad's CofE Primary School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

202320242025
Authorised absence 3.4%4.3%3.8%
Unauthorised absence 0.8%0.7%0.8%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%2.1%1.1%

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, 0.5% of pupils at St Chad's CofE Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.04.00.5
Permanent exclusions 000

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 St Chad's CofE Primary School had 18.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2023202420252026
Pupils per adult 10.218.311.611.0
Teachers who left state teaching 14.3%9.3%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 62.5%64.3%41.7%–
Sick days per teacher 6.02.82.0–

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, 17.4% of pupils at St Chad's CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Moderate learning difficulty 8 0
Speech, language and communication needs 7 1
No specialist assessment of need 7 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 3 3
Social, emotional and mental health 4 2
Hearing impairment 4 1
Specific learning difficulty 1 0

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 St Chad's CofE Primary School received £7,103 and spent £8,161 for each of its 199 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £147,000 (-£741 per pupil).

Across all 23 schools of The Arthur Terry Learning Partnership, income was £7,703 and spending £8,151 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

202320242025
Revenue reserve £32,000-£81,000-£147,000
per pupil £144-£408-£741
In-year balance -£338,000-£197,000-£210,000
per pupil -£1,536-£995-£1,058

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.

Name Distance
St Michael's CofE (C) Primary School
Cherry Orchard, Lichfield, WS14 9AN
0.31 miles
Scotch Orchard Primary School
Scotch Orchard, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 6DE
0.36 miles
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Cherry Orchard, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS14 9AN
0.38 miles
Five Spires Academy
Cherry Orchard, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS14 9AN
0.4 miles
SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School
Dimbles Hill, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 7NH
0.57 miles
Charnwood Primary Academy
Purcell Avenue, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 7PH
0.69 miles
Rocklands School
Purcell Avenue, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 7PH
0.73 miles
Willows Primary Academy
Willows Primary School, Off Weston Road, Anglesey Road, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 7NU
0.75 miles
Chadsmead Primary Academy
Friday Acre, Lichfield, WS13 7HJ
0.76 miles
Streethay Primary School
Yoxall Way, Lichfield, WS13 8FT
0.99 miles
Christ Church CofE (C) Primary School
Christ Church Lane, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 8AY
1.12 miles
Anna Seward Primary
Bridgeman Way, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS14 0AL
1.42 miles
Fradley Park Primary and Nursery School
Murphy Street, Fradley, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 8TW
2.44 miles
Whittington Primary and Nursery School
Common Lane, Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS14 9LG
2.52 miles
St Stephen's Primary School
Church Lane, Fradley, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 8NL
3.02 miles
Greysbrooke Primary School
Barnes Road, Shenstone, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS14 0LT
3.39 miles
Fulfen Primary School
Rugeley Road, Fulfen Cp School, Burntwood, Staffordshire, WS7 9BJ
3.62 miles
Highfields Primary Academy
Elder Lane, Burntwood, Staffordshire, WS7 9BT
3.89 miles
The Howard Primary School
The Square, Elford, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 9DB
4 miles
St James Church of England Primary Academy
Brook End, Longdon, St James Ce Primary Academy, Rugeley, Staffordshire, WS15 4PL
4 miles
Name Distance
Nether Stowe School
St Chad's Road, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 7NB
0.39 miles
Beacon Independent School
Security House, Littleton Drive, Cannock, WS12 4TS
0.53 miles
Lichfield Cathedral School
The Palace, Lichfield, WS13 7LH
0.54 miles
Saxon Hill Academy
Kings Hill Road, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS14 9DE
0.65 miles
King Edward VI School
Upper St John Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS14 9EE
0.71 miles
Queen's Croft High School
Birmingham Road, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 6PJ
0.82 miles
The Friary School
Eastern Avenue, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 7EW
1.37 miles
Maple Hayes Hall School
Abnalls Lane, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 8BL
1.72 miles
Longdon Hall School
Longdon Hall School, Longdon Green, Nr Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS15 4PT
3.59 miles
Options Trent Acres School
Alrewas Road, Kings Bromley, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 7HR
4.3 miles
Shenstone Lodge School
Birmingham Road, Shenstone, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS14 0LB
4.33 miles
Chase Terrace Academy
Bridge Cross Road, Chase Terrace, Burntwood, Staffordshire, WS7 2DB
4.82 miles

All schools in Lichfield · Staffordshire local authority: places and applications

St Chad's CofE Primary School is part of The Arthur Terry Learning Partnership, which runs 23 schools. The nearest others:

What is St Chad's CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Chad's CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2017 of its predecessor, St Chad's CofE (VC) Primary School.

When was St Chad's CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Chad's CofE Primary School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does St Chad's CofE Primary School have?

St Chad's CofE Primary School has 195 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Chad's CofE Primary School cover?

St Chad's CofE Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Chad's CofE Primary School?

St Chad's CofE Primary School is at St Michael Road, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 6SN.

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