Poppyfield Primary Academy
Bishop Street, Cannock, WS12 4RY
236 pupils · 100% of 236 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- VICTORIA ACADEMIES TRUST
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Free school meals
- 14.4%
Ofsted
Good (2024) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 6 February 2024, published 14 March 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.57 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 30 | 47 | 143 | 30 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 30 | 64 | 157 | 30 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 30 | 57 | 134 | 30 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 29 | 52 | 110 | 29 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 30 | 44 | 115 | 30 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 29 | 48 | 115 | 29 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 30 | 41 | 99 | 30 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Chadsmoor Community Infants and Nursery School 0.5 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- West Hill Primary School 0.5 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.8 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Chadsmoor CofE (VC) Junior School 1 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- St Peter's CofE Primary Academy 1.1 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Redhill Primary School 1.2 km · Standards maintained (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.