Primary school in Stafford, Staffordshire
St Paul's Church of England Primary School
Garden Street, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 4BT
Ofsted
Standards maintained at the last ungraded inspection, on 18 March 2025.
Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 97
- Places
- 135
- How full
- 72% full — 97 of 135 places taken, so places are likely to be available
- Girls / boys
- 40 / 57
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Stafford 010D, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 36%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 15%
- Households owning their home
- 50%
- Households in social housing
- 19%
- Households with no car
- 26%
- Adults economically inactive
- 33%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- ST BARTHOLOMEW'S CE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Jane Gaskell
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Ward
- Forebridge
- Constituency
- Stafford
- URN
- 150647
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Austin's Catholic Primary School and NurseryAcademy converter | No grade | 75% | 0.1 mi |
| St Leonard's Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 50% | 0.7 mi |
| Flash Ley Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 86% | 0.8 mi |
| Silkmore Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Outstanding 2024 | 77% | 0.8 mi |
| Rowley Park Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Good 2022 | 62% | 0.8 mi |
| Blessed Mother Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 100% | 0.9 mi |
| John Wheeldon Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 69% | 1 mi |
| Castlechurch Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 76% | 1.1 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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