Green Lea First School, Stafford

Ofsted's report card from its 28 April 2026 inspection grades Green Lea First School on 7 areas: 4 strong standard and 3 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders prioritise high attendance across the school."

Early years - Strong standard. "Children settle quickly into school."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders have established a clear ethos where pupils are placed firmly at the heart of everything they do."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have designed a thoughtful and extensive programme of personal development."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils at the school achieve well over time."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have built an ambitious, broad and balanced curriculum."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders know pupils well and identify their needs quickly and accurately when they start at the school."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that any barriers pupils face are addressed swiftly through the use of more precise adaptations in lessons and through the school's wider support strategies".

In its own words: "The Team at Green Lea First School are dedicated to providing pupils with the very best learning experiences. Alongside wellbeing, learning is at the heart of all we do at Green Lea. We provide an engaging, purposeful and inclusive approach to teaching and learning to inspire in our pupils a lifelong love of learning."

From the headteacher's welcome: "Green Lea is a very happy, busy school where children are supported and encouraged to grow and learn. We are a small, rural school at the heart of the community, situated in the beautiful Staffordshire countryside just outside Stone. We believe that learning should be fun, purposeful, engaging and challenging."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, yoga, choir and guitar.

The school runs after-school care until 6:00pm, from £6.00 per session.

For September 2026 entry, 11 families put Green Lea First School as their first choice and 14 named it as one of their preferences, for 11 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Green Lea First School are St Andrew's CofE Primary School (3 miles, Good, 83% reading, 83% maths); All Saints' CofE First School (3.7 miles, Good); Fulford Primary School (4.1 miles, Good, 91% reading, 82% maths); and St Peter's CofE Primary School (4.1 miles, Good, 87% reading, 90% maths).

Green Lea First School is one of 11 schools run by The Creative Learning Partnership Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

5.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 0% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 8 pupils (14.8%) received SEN support and 0 (0%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

Green Lea First School had 4 teachers in 2026, one for every 12 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

In August 2026, police recorded 1 crime within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Staffordshire (86).

Green Lea First School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.