St Michael's CofE (C) First School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Mixed · Staffordshire
Weavers Lane, Stone, ST15 8QB
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
95.7%
8.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
184
Capacity used
Has space56%
326 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
33 of 33 families who put it first got an offer
34
Places offered
60
Total applications
1.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 33 | 33 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 15 | 1 | ● 7% |
| 3rd preference | 12 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 60 | 34 | 57% |
1st preference success by year
Staffordshire lets families list 3 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (1 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Julia Wass
- Address
- Weavers Lane, Off Lichfield Road, Stone, ST15 8QB
- Phone
- 01785334930
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Ward / constituency
- St Michael's & Stonefield · Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 124275
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 10% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 1% | — | — |
| SEN support | 16% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
184 pupils · 326 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
12 January 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 173 pupils
Attendance
95.7%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
4.3%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
8.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
0.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.6%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Staffordshire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Reception (primary) | 15 January | 16 April (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.