Pirehill First School
Tilling Drive, Walton, Stone, ST15 0AA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kerri Fenton
- Constituency
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 300
- Pupils on roll
- 245
- URN
- 124164
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01785334970
About this school
Pirehill First School is a community primary school in Stone. It teaches children aged 5 to 9 and has 245 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Pirehill First 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
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 18 May 2022, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Trends over time
How Pirehill First 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 281 |
| 2023/24 | 264 |
| 2024/25 | 270 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Pirehill First School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.2% | 19.3% | 245 | — |
| Manor Hill First School | — | 4.3% | 16% | 260 | 0.3 miles |
| St Dominic's Catholic Primary School | 92% | 3.4% | 5.5% | 221 | 0.7 miles |
| St Michael's CofE (C) First School | — | 4.3% | 12.6% | 184 | 0.7 miles |
| Christ Church CofE First School | — | 4.4% | 22.1% | 120 | 0.8 miles |
| Oulton CofE First School | — | 3.8% | 7% | 77 | 1.9 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)
- 19.26%
- English as an additional language
- 3%
- Overall absence
- 4.24%
- Persistent absence
- 6.41%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Manor Hill First School0.3 miles
Primary · Stone
-
St Dominic's Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Stone
-
St Michael's CofE (C) First School0.7 miles
Primary · Stone
-
Christ Church CofE First School0.8 miles
Primary · Stone
-
Oulton CofE First School1.9 miles
Primary · Stone
Other schools in Stone
- Christ Church CofE First School Primary
- Manor Hill First School Primary
- Oulton CofE First School Primary
- Springfields First School Primary
- St Dominic's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Michael's CofE (C) First School Primary
- Christ Church Academy Middle deemed secondary
- Walton Priory Middle School Middle deemed secondary
- Alleyne's Academy Secondary
- St Dominic's Priory School Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Pirehill First School teach?
- Pirehill First School teaches children aged 5 to 9. It is a primary school in Stone.
- Who is the headteacher of Pirehill First School?
- The headteacher of Pirehill First School is Mrs Kerri Fenton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Pirehill First School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Pirehill First 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 Pirehill First School?
- Pirehill First School has 245 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 9.
- Is Pirehill First School full?
- Pirehill First School has capacity for 300 pupils and 245 on roll (82%), 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 Pirehill First School a faith school?
- No. Pirehill First School has no designated religious character.
- Does Pirehill First School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Pirehill First School as having no nursery classes.
- What is Pirehill First School's absence rate?
- Pirehill First School's overall absence rate is 4.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Pirehill First School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Pirehill First School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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.