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Schools in the Staffordshire local authority

Staffordshire has 457 schools listed on OfferDay across 40 towns.

2 nursery schools · 309 primary schools · 14 middle schools · 56 secondary schools · 1 all-through school · 4 sixth forms and colleges · 58 special and alternative provision schools · 11 independent schools · 2 other establishments

About schools in Staffordshire

Staffordshire lists 457 schools, most of them primary schools. Its 56 secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Staffordshire keeps a three-tier system, so 14 middle schools sit between the primary and secondary stages.

Ofsted inspects every school listed here. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25
63%
of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 241 schools with published results
Key stage 4, 2024/25
43.6
average Attainment 8 score, across the 71 schools with published results

Top schools in Staffordshire

Ranked by the latest published results; primary and secondary schools are measured differently and never compared with each other.

Primary

  1. 1 Blessed Mother Teresa's Catholic Primary School 100%
  2. 2 Mary Howard Church of England Primary School 100%
  3. 3 Shobnall Primary & Nursery School 97%
  4. 4 St Filumena's Catholic Primary School 96%
  5. 5 St Thomas' Catholic Primary School 94%
  6. 6 Haughton St Giles CofE Primary Academy 93%
  7. 7 All Saints CofE (C) Primary School 93%
  8. 8 St Mary's Catholic Academy 93%

Secondary

  1. 1 Painsley Catholic College 58.8
  2. 2 The Friary School 57.8
  3. 3 John Taylor High School 54.8
  4. 4 Endon High School 54.2
  5. 5 King Edward VI School 52.2
  6. 6 Blessed William Howard Catholic School 52.0
  7. 7 Kinver High School and Sixth Form 50.9
  8. 8 Walton High School 50.6

Schools by town

The count beside each town is the number of its schools under Staffordshire.

Schools not listed under a town

These schools have no town recorded in the national register.

Common questions about schools in Staffordshire

How many schools does Staffordshire have?
OfferDay lists 457 schools in Staffordshire, including 309 primary schools and 58 special and alternative provision schools.
Who inspects schools in Staffordshire?
Every school in Staffordshire is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
How are schools in Staffordshire ranked?
OfferDay ranks schools in Staffordshire where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.
How many towns are in the Staffordshire local authority?
OfferDay groups the Staffordshire schools across 40 towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the local authority is reachable.

School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.