Garden Village Primary Academy, Tamworth
Garden Village Primary Academy is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Tamworth, part of Fierté Multi-Academy Trust. For 2026 entry it had 1.2 first-choice applications for every place. It was 10% full in 2025.
- Demand
- Oversubscribed
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Staffordshire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Garden Village Primary Academy in detail
Garden Village Primary Academy in its own words
In its own words: "Our vision for Garden Village Primary Academy is to work in close collaboration with parents, the local and wider community to soar to excellence. In all pupils, we will foster an absolute feeling of belonging, self-worth, high aspiration, and independence alongside the self-belief that there are no limits to what they can personally accomplish."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Getting a place at Garden Village Primary Academy
For September 2026 entry, 37 families put Garden Village Primary Academy as their first choice and 59 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 8 families who put it first were not offered a place there.
Admissions history and your chances at Garden Village Primary Academy
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Garden Village Primary Academy are Amington Heath Primary School and Nursery (0.4 miles, Good, 53% reading, 63% maths); Landau Forte Academy Greenacres (0.6 miles, Good, 71% reading, 65% maths); Glascote Academy (0.8 miles, Outstanding, 73% reading, 73% maths); and Florendine Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 63% reading, 57% maths).
Amington Heath Primary School and NurseryLandau Forte Academy GreenacresGlascote AcademyFlorendine Primary School
The trust
Garden Village Primary Academy is one of 10 schools run by Fierté Multi-Academy Trust, an academy trust.
Who goes there
15.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 8.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
The largest ethnic groups are White British (70%), Mixed (9%) and Asian (7%).
In 2026, 7 pupils (12.3%) received SEN support and 1 (1.8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.
Staffing
Garden Village Primary Academy had 4 teachers in 2026, one for every 6 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Polesworth Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hamstall Close (opposite), 120 metres away.
Suspensions and exclusions
Garden Village Primary Academy recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Garden Village Primary Academy are Landau Forte Academy, Amington (0.7 miles); and The Polesworth School (1.7 miles).
Sources: DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; DfE school workforce census; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Staffordshire published that the last place for 2026 entry went to a family 0.217 miles away (straight line). The cut-off moves every year.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
No inspection data available
At a Glance
15.8%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
28.5
Avg class size
28.5
Infant (KS1)
2
Total classes
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Garden Village Primary Academy
Term dates
Garden Village Primary Academy is a free school, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Staffordshire's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Garden Village Primary Academy from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Garden Village Primary Academy is in Staffordshire; for families living there:
Apply to Staffordshire for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 3 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt.
1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Staffordshire is 5 (the median across 457 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Your chances of a place at Garden Village Primary Academy
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What the report includes for Garden Village Primary Academy:
- The straight-line distance from your home to Garden Village Primary Academy.
- Last distance offered for 2025 and 2026 entry, from Staffordshire's own figures, and how your distance compares each year.
- Applications, first choices and offers at Garden Village Primary Academy for 2025 and 2026 entry.
- How many families in Staffordshire got their first choice, and how often appeals there succeed.
- The nearest state schools to your home, with Ofsted rating, demand and last distance offered where published.
- Key dates for September 2027 entry and how to apply.
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
10%
Available places
22 pupils
210 places
188 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Tamworth
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Tamworth
Across Staffordshire council
Places available
10,768
Applications
8,344
Got 1st preference
95.1%
Got preferred school
99.1%
All primary applications across Staffordshire council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Oversubscribed
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
7
SEN Support
1
EHC Plans
14.0%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
57
Total Pupils
33
Boys
24
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
4
Teachers
14.3:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£45,302
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£7,497
Per pupil
£401k
Total funding
£5k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Garden Village Primary Academy
Questions parents ask about Garden Village Primary Academy
How close to Garden Village Primary Academy do you need to live?
Staffordshire publishes how far the last offered place was, in miles: 0.447 for 2025 entry, then 0.217 for 2026 entry. The cut-off has tightened over that period, which usually means demand is growing faster than places. These are the authority's own figures, not a fixed boundary - the cut-off moves with the number of applications each year.
Is it hard to get a place at Garden Village Primary Academy?
Garden Village Primary Academy was not full in 2025: it ran at 10% of its 210 places.
How big are the classes at Garden Village Primary Academy?
Classes at Garden Village Primary Academy average 28.5 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to Garden Village Primary Academy?
Garden Village Primary Academy has around 57 pupils on roll. 16% are eligible for free school meals.
How do I apply to Garden Village Primary Academy?
Apply through Staffordshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Garden Village Primary Academy on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
How many road collisions happen near Garden Village Primary Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 3 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Staffordshire is 5 (the median across 457 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Garden Village Primary Academy?
Garden Village Primary Academy is at Eagle Drive, Amington, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B77 4EG.
Sources: Staffordshire admissions booklets; Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)