St Paul's CofE First School

Ofsted

▲Good (2024) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)

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 7 February 2024, published 12 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?

Roughly one first choice per place — 1 first-choice application per place (Sept 2026 entry)

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

• ▲St Mary and St Chad CofE First School 3.2 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
• ▲Featherstone Academy 3.5 km · Good (2023) · previous system
• ▲Havergal CofE (C) Primary School 3.6 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
• ●St Mary's Catholic Primary School 3.7 km · Most areas: Strong standard (2026)
• ▲St Anthony's Catholic Primary Academy 4 km · Good (2023) · previous system
• –Elston Hall Primary School 4.3 km · No overall grade (2025)

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.