Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School
Victoria Road, Burton-upon-Trent, DE14 2LU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Lee Smith
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Constituency
- Burton and Uttoxeter
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 440
- Pupils on roll
- 308
- URN
- 124040
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01283247420
About this school
Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School is a community primary school in Burton-upon-Trent. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 308 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 60 | 43 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 43% | 40% | 53% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 0% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 52% | 53% | 63% |
| Expected standard in maths | 72% | 65% | 81% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 63% | 58% | 79% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 100.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 101.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.10 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Staffordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 43% | 59.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 40% | 61.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 53% | 62% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 368 |
| 2023/24 | 369 |
| 2024/25 | 329 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School compares
Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School ranked 179th of 229 primary schools in Staffordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 26% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 53% | 5.9% | 37.2% | 308 | — |
| Grange School | — | 7.8% | 44.8% | 168 | 0.3 miles |
| Lansdowne Infant Academy | — | 7.9% | 44.4% | 207 | 0.4 miles |
| Holy Trinity CofE (C) Primary School | 53% | 5.4% | 27.7% | 174 | 0.5 miles |
| Scientia Academy | 48% | 6.7% | 23.8% | 443 | 0.6 miles |
| Horninglow Primary School | 34% | 4.3% | 43.7% | 228 | 0.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 37.2%
- English as an additional language
- 80.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.9%
- Persistent absence
- 18.26%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Grange School0.3 miles
Primary · Burton-on-Trent
-
Lansdowne Infant Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Burton-on-Trent
-
Holy Trinity CofE (C) Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Burton-upon-Trent
-
Scientia Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Burton-upon-Trent
-
Horninglow Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Burton-on-Trent
Other schools in Burton-upon-Trent
- Holy Trinity CofE (C) Primary School Primary
- Scientia Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School teach?
- Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Burton-upon-Trent.
- Who is the headteacher of Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School?
- The headteacher of Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School is Mr Lee Smith, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School?
- Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School has 308 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School full?
- Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School has capacity for 440 pupils and 308 on roll (70%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School a faith school?
- No. Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School has no designated religious character.
- Does Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School have?
- The schools register lists Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 43% in 2022/23 and 53% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School compare with other schools in Staffordshire?
- Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School ranked 179th of 229 primary schools in Staffordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 26% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School's absence rate?
- Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School's overall absence rate is 5.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.