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All Saints CofE Primary School, Bednall

Primary · Stafford · ST17 0SD

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Requires improvement

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 30 April 2024

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At a glance

42 pupils · 51% of 82 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
24.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
41.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
8.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.allsaints-bednall.staffs.sch.uk/
URN
147449

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 3 families named it first for 3 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 2 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2011 to 2013; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 30 April 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2013 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2013 entry.

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

9 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
33%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
102
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
96
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school33%
Median of its 12 closest peers33%
Staffordshire average66.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Otley Primary SchoolIpswich · 145 miles awayGood33%
Goldsborough Church of England Primary SchoolKnaresborough · 90 miles awayGood50%
Plymtree Church of England Primary SchoolCullompton · 145 miles awayGood22%
Thorndon Church of England Primary SchoolEye · 139 miles awayExpected standard82%
Stoke Row CofE Primary SchoolNr. Henley-on-Thames · 94 miles awayGood33%
Beenham Primary SchoolReading · 101 miles awayGood0%
Charsfield Church of England Primary SchoolWoodbridge · 147 miles awayGood60%
Treales Church of England Primary SchoolPreston · 79 miles awayNeeds attention57%
Newton Village AcademyBarrow-in-Furness · 105 miles awayNo current grade31%
Dean Barwick Primary SchoolGrange-over-Sands · 108 miles awayGood20%
The Newton Community Primary SchoolSt Neots · 89 miles awayGood33%
Hawsker Cum Stainsacre Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolWhitby · 133 miles awayGood22%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 76% (Staffordshire 80%, England 60%) · Not recorded 21% (Staffordshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 2% (Staffordshire 4%, England 7%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
8.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
30.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

30.56 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Staffordshire: 1.97 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
8.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,007; 16.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£14,083
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (8%) · supplies and services 13% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 1% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £151,000; in-year balance -£26,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher38.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work47.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier81.4%62.3%
Social housing2.3%17.1%
Privately rented16.3%20.5%
Detached houses72.4%22.9%
Flats2.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms55.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van3.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01029656 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£435,00043 sales within 2 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£366,500–£547,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (35)£457,500

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 2 km across every state school.

Fewer than ten homes sold within 1 km, so the figures use 2 km.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 2 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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