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Beaconfields Primary School

Primary · Stafford · ST16 1ZY

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At a glance

100 pupils · 42% of 236 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Free schools
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
21.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
17.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
7.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.beaconfields.academy/
URN
150784

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 34 families named it first for 28 Reception places, 1.21 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.325 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 2 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2025 to 2026. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.21 first-choice applications per place

28 places offered · 34 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.325 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.325 miles

measured in a straight line.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

no data

Reaching the higher standard

no data

Average scaled score (reading)

no data

Average scaled score (maths)

no data

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 66% (Staffordshire 80%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 8% (Staffordshire 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 6% (Staffordshire 2%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Staffordshire 3%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Staffordshire 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Staffordshire 2%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Staffordshire 0%, England 1%) · Black African 2% (Staffordshire 2%, England 5%) · Any other White background 2% (Staffordshire 4%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Staffordshire 1%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Staffordshire 0%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Staffordshire 0%, England 1%)

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)
5.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
23.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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

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
39.9
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 £34,823; 0% 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£16,250
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 68% (77%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 15% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £62,000; in-year balance +£36,000

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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher41.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work44.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier87.8%62.3%
Social housing1.8%17.1%
Privately rented10.4%20.5%
Detached houses59%22.9%
Flats1.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms31.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van3.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01029743 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£281,000264 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£231,000–£360,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (150)£338,000
Semi-detached (74)£233,000
Terraced (38)£225,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.52 km, 2026 entry): 175 sales, median £320,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
1an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an urban school averages 6.1

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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