The Richard Clarke First School

Ofsted

▲Good (2024) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next” (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 2 May 2024, published 11 June 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

• !Talbot First School 5.3 km · Requires improvement (2021) · previous system
• ●The St. Mary's CofE Primary School 5.3 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
• –Needwood CofE Primary School 5.5 km · No overall grade (2024)
• ▲Henry Chadwick Primary School 6.9 km · Good (2024) · previous system
• –Chancel Primary School 7.2 km · No overall grade (2025)
• !Forest Hills Primary School 7.4 km · Requires improvement (2023) · previous system

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