St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Primary
Uttoxeter · ST14 7JX · Staffordshire
Ages 3–11
- KS285%
- Absence3.6%
- FSM16.1%
- Demand0.83
0.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 143952
Picknalls First School
Academy sponsor led · Uttoxeter · ST14 7QL
Ages 3–9 · 334 pupils · Staffordshire
Ofsted
Good
Overall absence
4.1%
Admissions demand
1.30 · Competitive
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2020-01-28
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.1%
Persistent absence (10%+)5.9%
Unauthorised1.1%
- Authorised absence
- 3.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 239
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.30 · Competitive
1st preferences
78
Places offered
60
1st-preference offers
60
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 134
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 60
- Applications from outside LA
- 6
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill111%
334 pupils · 301 places
- Pupils on roll
- 334
- Boys / girls
- 179 / 155
- School capacity
- 301
- Capacity fill
- 334 / 301 (111%)
- Free school meals
- 10.2%
- FSM pupils
- 30
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 3–9
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: INNOVATE2EDUCATE PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
- Academy trust
- INNOVATE2EDUCATE PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
- Sponsor
- Uttoxeter Learning Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Anne Tapp
Location
- Address
- Oldfields Road
- Postcode
- ST14 7QL
- Town
- Uttoxeter
- County
- Staffordshire
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- District
- East Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Burton and Uttoxeter
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (primary), Ages 3–9, in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, 334 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 10.2%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
St Mary's CofE (A) First School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedVoluntary aided school · Primary
Uttoxeter · ST14 7LX · Staffordshire
Ages 3–9
- Absence4.9%
- FSM16.3%
- Demand0.79
0.5 miles away
Tynsel Parkes CofE Primary Academy
Ofsted: Standards maintainedAcademy converter · Primary
Uttoxeter · ST14 7HE · Staffordshire
Ages 3–9
- Absence5.1%
- FSM19.2%
- Demand1.00
0.7 miles away
Bramshall Meadows First School
Ofsted: Not judgedFree schools · Primary
Uttoxeter · ST14 5EQ · Staffordshire
Ages 3–9
- Absence8.1%
- FSM6.5%
- Demand1.10
0.9 miles away
Doveridge Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Ashbourne · DE6 5JY · Derbyshire
Ages 4–11
- KS256%
- Absence3.6%
- FSM8.3%
- Demand0.91
2.2 miles away
Talbot First School
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Uttoxeter · ST14 8QJ · Staffordshire
Ages 3–9
- FSM2.9%
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Anne Tapp
- Telephone
- 01889228700