Churnet View Middle School, Leek

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils at Churnet View Middle School reached the expected standard in reading and 65% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 79% and 77% in Staffordshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 61% in reading and 63% in maths in 2024.

For September 2024 entry, 2 families put Churnet View Middle School as their first choice and 7 named it as one of their preferences, for 5 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2024 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Churnet View Middle School are Leek High School (0.6 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 36.1); St Edward's Church of England Academy (1.4 miles, Requires improvement); Westwood College (1.8 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 40.5); and Endon High School (5.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 53).

Churnet View Middle School is one of 9 schools run by The Talentum Learning Trust, an academy trust.

75 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Churnet View Middle School (as of September 2025): 91% would recommend the school, 89% say their child is happy there and 77% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (91%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (77%).

2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

Churnet View Middle School has a resourced provision: 5 places, 5 pupils on roll.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Churnet View Middle School.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Churnet View Middle School (adjacent), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Churnet View Middle School 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 132 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Staffordshire (86), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Churnet View Middle School issued 29 suspensions, 6.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Churnet View Middle School are Beresford Memorial CofE First School (0.3 miles), Leek First School (0.7 miles), St Mary's Catholic Academy (1.1 miles) and All Saints CofE First School (1.2 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.