Charnwood Primary Academy, Lichfield

In 2025, 87% of Year 6 pupils at Charnwood Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 80% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 79% and 77% in Staffordshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 74% in reading and 87% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 17 families put Charnwood Primary Academy as their first choice and 33 named it as one of their preferences, for 19 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Charnwood Primary Academy are Willows Primary Academy (0.3 miles); SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles); SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 65% reading, 75% maths); and Chadsmead Primary Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 78% reading, 72% maths).

Charnwood Primary Academy's 2025 results were higher than all 2 of them.

Charnwood Primary Academy is one of 21 schools run by Staffordshire University Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

42.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 4.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (82%) and Mixed (10%).

Charnwood Primary Academy had 8 teachers in 2026, one for every 25 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Lichfield Trent Valley High Level Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Purcell Avenue (by), 100 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Charnwood Primary Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 187 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Staffordshire (86), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Charnwood Primary Academy issued 2 suspensions, 0.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Charnwood Primary Academy are Nether Stowe School (0.4 miles), The Friary School (1.1 miles) and King Edward VI School (1.4 miles).