Living in Stafford with children
Stafford, Staffordshire. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 71,695 people in 31,477 households; 27.6% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
56 schools: 45 state primary, 8 state secondary, 1 sixth form or college, 2 privateStafford on the schools map →Every school in Stafford, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (45)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blessed Mother Teresa's Catholic Primary School | Ofsted report card | 1st (1/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| Haughton St Giles CofE Primary Academy | School remains Good | Top 3% (6/229) in Staffordshire | 2.705 miles (2025) |
| Gnosall St Lawrence Coe Primary Academy | School remains Good | Top 5% (11/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| Leasowes Primary School | Outstanding | Top 6% (13/229) in Staffordshire | 1.912 miles (2026) |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 7% (15/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| Flash Ley Primary School | Good | Top 8% (18/229) in Staffordshire | 2.218 miles (2026) |
| Parkside Primary School | Good | Top 9% (20/229) in Staffordshire | 0.384 miles (2026) |
| Oakridge Primary School | Outstanding | Top 11% (24/229) in Staffordshire | 1.288 miles (2026) |
| Church Eaton Primary School | Requires improvement | Top 11% (25/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School | Good | Top 12% (27/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| Berkswich CofE (VC) Primary School | School remains Outstanding | Top 14% (31/229) in Staffordshire | 0.979 miles (2026) |
| St Peter's CofE Primary School | School remains Good | Top 18% (39/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| Woodseaves CE Primary Academy | Good | Top 21% (46/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| St Andrew's CofE Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 24% (54/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| Silkmore Primary Academy | School remains Outstanding (Concerns) | Top 26% (58/229) in Staffordshire | 1.795 miles (2025) |
| Castlechurch Primary School | Good | Top 27% (60/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| St Austin's Catholic Primary School and Nursery | Standards maintained | Top 29% (65/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| Doxey Academy | Requires improvement | Top 32% (73/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| Anson CofE Primary School | Good | Top 33% (74/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School | Good | Top 33% (75/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| St John's Catholic Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 34% (77/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| Barnfields Primary School | School remains Good | Top 35% (80/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| Bishop Lonsdale Church of England Primary Academy | Good | Top 38% (86/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| Colwich CofE Primary School | Good | Top 44% (99/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| John Wheeldon Primary Academy | Good | Top 45% (102/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| St John's CofE Primary Academy | Standards maintained | Top 49% (112/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| St Paul's Church of England Primary School | Standards maintained | (141/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| Cooper Perry Primary School | Ofsted report card | (148/229) in Staffordshire | 1.841 miles (2026) |
| Rowley Park Primary Academy | School remains Good | (149/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| Burton Manor Primary School | Standards maintained | (150/229) in Staffordshire | 0.514 miles (2024) |
| Veritas Primary Academy | School remains Good | (154/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| Tillington Manor Primary School | Ofsted report card | (161/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| St Leonard's Primary School | Requires improvement | (190/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| All Saints CofE Primary School, Bednall | Requires improvement | (223/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery | Requires improvement | — | — |
| All Saints CofE (C) First School | Good | — | — |
| Beaconfields Primary School | — | — | 0.325 miles (2026) |
| Burleyfields Primary School | — | — | 0.543 miles (2026) |
| Green Lea First School | Ofsted report card | — | — |
| Marshbrook First School | School remains Good | — | 0.48 miles (2025) |
| Princefield First School | School remains Good | — | 5.993 miles (2025) |
| St John's CofE First School | Ofsted report card | — | 5.709 miles (2025) |
| St Leonard's CofE First School | Standards maintained | — | — |
| St Mary and St Chad CofE First School | School remains Good | — | 3.215 miles (2026) |
| St Michael's CofE (A) First School | Ofsted report card | — | — |
State secondary schools (8)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blessed William Howard Catholic School | School remains Good (Improving) | Top 6% (3/53) in Staffordshire | — |
| Walton High School | Standards maintained | Top 17% (9/53) in Staffordshire | — |
| Wolgarston High School | Ofsted report card | Top 19% (10/53) in Staffordshire | — |
| Sir Graham Balfour High School | Standards maintained | Top 42% (22/53) in Staffordshire | — |
| The Weston Road Academy | School remains Good | (35/53) in Staffordshire | — |
| King Edward VI High School | Requires improvement | (42/53) in Staffordshire | — |
| Brewood Middle CofE Academy | Good | — | — |
| Penkridge Middle School | School remains Good | — | — |
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Staffordshire College | Good | — | — |
Private schools (2)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Dominic's Grammar School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | (5/5) in Staffordshire | — |
| The Yarlet School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (196 detached, 321 semi-detached, 210 terraced, 69 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Stafford. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Stafford →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 79% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 92%, on average across the 1,864 postcodes in ST17, ST18, ST19. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 5 outstanding; 22 good, or expected standard; 4 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.88 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 31 in Staffordshire.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
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