Doxey Primary and Nursery School
Doxey Road, Doxey, Stafford, ST16 1EG
This school is closed (it closed in July 2024).
It was replaced by Doxey Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Laura Lazenby
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Stafford
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 188
- URN
- 124200
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
About this school
Doxey Primary and Nursery School was a community primary school in Stafford. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 188 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Doxey Primary and Nursery School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 26 | 28 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 31% | 50% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 62% | 64% |
| Expected standard in maths | 35% | 71% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 31% | 71% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 96.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.10 | - |
| Writing progress | +2.00 | - |
| Maths progress | -6.20 | - |
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 Doxey 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 | 31% | 59.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 61.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 62% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 193 |
| 2023/24 | 188 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Doxey Primary and Nursery School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 8.6% | 48.4% | 188 | — |
| Doxey Academy | 74% | 7.5% | 46.8% | 201 | 0.0 miles |
| Burleyfields Primary School | — | — | — | 59 | 0.4 miles |
| Tillington Manor Primary School | 60% | 4.9% | 43.2% | 214 | 0.9 miles |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School | 73% | 6.5% | 21.3% | 213 | 1.0 miles |
| John Wheeldon Primary Academy | 69% | 5.7% | 30.3% | 536 | 1.2 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 48.4%
- English as an additional language
- 9%
- Overall absence
- 8.6%
- Persistent absence
- 26.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Doxey Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Stafford
-
Burleyfields Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Stafford
-
Tillington Manor Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Stafford
-
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Stafford
-
John Wheeldon Primary Academy1.2 miles
Primary · Stafford
Other schools in Stafford
- All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery Primary
- All Saints CofE (C) First School Primary
- All Saints CofE Primary School, Bednall Primary
- Anson CofE Primary School Primary
- Barnfields Primary School Primary
- Beaconfields Primary School Primary
- Berkswich CofE (VC) Primary School Primary
- Bishop Lonsdale Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Blessed Mother Teresa's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Burleyfields Primary School Primary
- Burton Manor Primary School Primary
- Castlechurch Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Doxey Primary and Nursery School teach?
- Doxey Primary and Nursery School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Stafford.
- Has Doxey Primary and Nursery School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Doxey Primary and Nursery School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Doxey Primary and Nursery School?
- Doxey Primary and Nursery School had 188 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Doxey Primary and Nursery School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 31% in 2022/23 and 50% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Doxey Primary and Nursery School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Doxey 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 31 July 2024.