Dunstall Park Primary School
Primary · Tamworth · B78 3BQ
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Not yet graded
No graded inspection outcome is available for this school under either the current or the previous framework. This is common for recently opened or converted schools.
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95 pupils · 40% of 236 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Free schools
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 16.1% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 16.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 3.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 3.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 150786
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 47 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.57 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 1.745 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 3 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2024 to 2026. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.57 first-choice applications per place30 places offered · 47 first-choice applications · heavily 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. Every place for 2026 entry went to children who met a higher admission criterion, so distance did not decide any place.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Every place for 2026 entry went to children who met a higher admission criterion, so distance did not decide any place.
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.745 miles
measured in a straight line.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
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Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
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Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 77% (Staffordshire 80%, England 60%) · Asian Chinese 8% (Staffordshire 0%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Staffordshire 2%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 3% (Staffordshire 2%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Staffordshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 2% (Staffordshire 4%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Staffordshire 1%, England 3%) · Black African 1% (Staffordshire 2%, England 5%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
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
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 £50,280; 25% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 95% (77%) · premises 0% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 0% (8%) · supplies and services 5% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (2%) · catering 0% (5%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£167,000
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)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 5/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 26.6% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 17.3% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 30.6% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 18% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 50.5% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 61.4% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 21.6% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 16.9% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 26.5% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 22.3% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 22.3% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 22% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01029836 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £276,500184 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £230,000–£336,500the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
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 (2.81 km, 2025 entry): 1,309 sales, median £242,000. 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
- 1an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 1an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 1an 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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