Blessed Mother Teresa's Catholic Primary School

Stafford · ST17 9UZ

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 201 pupils, 30.1% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted report card

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Blessed Mother Teresa's Catholic Primary School

General Information

Address: Somerset Road, Highfields, Stafford, ST17 9UZ – View on map
Phone: 01785413276
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs C Horton
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 22 families put it first for 24 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 24 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

201 pupils out of 180 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 58
% eligible for free school meals: 30.1%
Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (more mixed than the Stafford average)
English as an additional language: 25% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 14.1% a year (Stafford 13.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 100% moved to another school, 0% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

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Across Staffordshire: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 12 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 1
Suspensions for bullying: 8 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Staffordshire (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 4.6%
Persistently absent pupils: 10.4%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 13.4%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.5%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 15 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Ofsted report card May 2026

Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.

Safeguarding Met
Inclusion Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching Strong standard
Achievement Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing Strong standard
Early years Strong standard
Leadership and governance Strong standard

Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Good (2022). The report card above replaces that grade.

How Ofsted report cards work

Since November 2025, Ofsted grades each area of a school on its own five-point scale, and no longer gives a single word like “Good” or “Outstanding”. Safeguarding (keeping children safe) is simply met or not met.

Exceptional The very best practice nationally
Strong standard Above what Ofsted expects
Expected standard What Ofsted expects of every school
Needs attention Some weaknesses the school needs to fix
Urgent improvement Serious weaknesses needing urgent action

“Expected standard” is a sound result – it's what Ofsted expects a good school to do. Report cards aren't directly comparable with the old single grades, which is why we don't turn them into one.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 100% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 35% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 30 percentage points above the Stafford average (70%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 91% against an expected 68%)
3-year average (expected standard): 91%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 100% · Writing 100% · Maths 100% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 100%
Average test scores: reading 112, maths 112
Based on: 20 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolStafford averageEngland↗ Improving Up 22 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 30 percentage points above the Stafford average (70%).

Year 6 SATs: 1st of 35 junior and primary schools in the area

#1Blessed Mother Teresa's Catholic Primary School100%
#2Haughton St Giles CofE Primary Academy93%
#3St Dominic's Catholic Primary School92%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Blessed Mother Teresa's Catholic Primary School100%
#2Haughton St Giles CofE Primary Academy93%
#3St Dominic's Catholic Primary School92%
#4Gnosall St Lawrence Coe Primary Academy90%
=5Flash Ley Primary School86%
=5Leasowes Primary School86%
#7Parkside Primary School84%
=8Church Eaton Primary School83%
=8Oakridge Primary School83%
#10St Anne's Catholic Primary School82%
#11Berkswich CofE (VC) Primary School81%
#12St Peter's CofE Primary School80%
#13Woodseaves CE Primary Academy78%
=14Silkmore Primary Academy77%
=14St Andrew's CofE Primary School77%
=16Castlechurch Primary School76%
=16Springcroft Primary School76%
#18St Austin's Catholic Primary School and Nursery75%
#19Doxey Academy74%
=20Anson CofE Primary School73%
=20Barnfields Primary School73%
=20St John's Catholic Primary School73%
=20St Patrick's Catholic Primary School73%
#24Bishop Lonsdale Church of England Primary Academy72%
=25Colwich CofE Primary School69%
=25John Wheeldon Primary Academy69%
=27Meir Heath Academy67%
=27St John's CofE Primary Academy67%
=29Burton Manor Primary School62%
=29Cooper Perry Primary School62%
=29Rowley Park Primary Academy62%
#32Veritas Primary Academy61%
#33Tillington Manor Primary School60%
#34Fulford Primary School55%
#35St Leonard's Primary School50%

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Financials

Spending per pupil: £6,472 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

34th of 47 primary schools in Stafford for spending per pupil

#32Parkside Primary School£6,543
#33Castlechurch Primary School£6,513
#34Blessed Mother Teresa's Catholic Primary School£6,472
#35St Austin's Catholic Primary School and Nursery£6,414
#36St Andrew's CofE Primary School£6,407

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Beaconfields Primary School£16,250
#2All Saints CofE (C) First School£11,061
#3Green Lea First School£10,652
#4Doxey Academy£9,702
#5St John's Catholic Primary School£9,217
#6Tittensor CofE (C) First School£9,189
#7All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery£9,167
#8Flash Ley Primary School£8,896
#9Barlaston CofE (VC) First School£8,771
#10Silkmore Primary Academy£8,545
#11Church Eaton Primary School£8,425
#12Manor Hill First School£7,972
#13Fulford Primary School£7,916
#14Springfields First School£7,906
#15St Michael's CofE (C) First School£7,771
#16Rowley Park Primary Academy£7,745
#17Woodseaves CE Primary Academy£7,506
#18Christ Church CofE First School£7,492
#19Bishop Lonsdale Church of England Primary Academy£7,315
#20Oakridge Primary School£7,240
#21Oulton CofE First School£7,239
#22Burton Manor Primary School£7,192
#23St Peter's CofE Primary School£7,070
#24Tillington Manor Primary School£7,043
#25Anson CofE Primary School£6,938
#26St Leonard's Primary School£6,896
#27Berkswich CofE (VC) Primary School£6,684
#28St Dominic's Catholic Primary School£6,678
#29Colwich CofE Primary School£6,667
#30Haughton St Giles CofE Primary Academy£6,574
#31Cooper Perry Primary School£6,546
#32Parkside Primary School£6,543
#33Castlechurch Primary School£6,513
#34Blessed Mother Teresa's Catholic Primary School£6,472
#35St Austin's Catholic Primary School and Nursery£6,414
#36St Andrew's CofE Primary School£6,407
#37Gnosall St Lawrence Coe Primary Academy£6,293
#38Pirehill First School£6,269
#39Springcroft Primary School£6,103
#40Veritas Primary Academy£5,979
#41St Anne's Catholic Primary School£5,935
#42St Patrick's Catholic Primary School£5,870
#43St John's CofE Primary Academy£5,806
#44Meir Heath Academy£5,674
#45John Wheeldon Primary Academy£5,507
#46Barnfields Primary School£5,142
#47Leasowes Primary School£4,965

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