Silkmore Primary Academy, Stafford

Ofsted's report card from its 23 June 2026 inspection grades Silkmore Primary Academy on 7 areas: 1 strong standard and 6 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have designed a highly effective personal development programme rooted in the school's ‘Aim High' values."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Over time, pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, achieve securely and are well prepared for their next stage of education."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Following a decline in attendance and an increase in persistent absence, leaders strengthened oversight of this area."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed a broad and coherent curriculum that is well organised and sequenced."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders, supported by the trust, have taken appropriate steps to strengthen early years provision following recent staffing changes."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Silkmore is an inclusive and caring school."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders and those responsible for governance know the Silkmore community well and act in the best interests of all pupils."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should strengthen consistency in how well learning opportunities are adapted so that pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are well supported, higher-attaining pupils are sufficiently challenged and pupils produce high-quality work across the wider curriculum"; "Leaders should ensure that independent learning activities in the early years build on children's prior learning and further deepen understanding, particularly for higher‑attaining children"; "Leaders, with support from the trust, should continue to work with families to improve attendance, particularly for those whose attendance remains below national figures and for those taking holidays during term time".

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In 2025, 87% of Year 6 pupils at Silkmore 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 73% in reading and 73% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 23 families put Silkmore Primary Academy as their first choice and 45 named it as one of their preferences, for 25 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 Silkmore Primary Academy are Flash Ley Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 89% reading, 93% maths); Rowley Park Primary Academy (0.7 miles, Good, 73% reading, 73% maths); Burton Manor Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 80% reading, 82% maths); and St Paul's Church of England Primary School (0.8 miles).

Silkmore Primary Academy's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Silkmore Primary Academy is one of 65 schools run by Reach2 Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

41.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Stafford Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Sidney Avenue (opposite), 50 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Silkmore 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 175 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Staffordshire (86), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Silkmore Primary Academy issued 4 suspensions, 2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Silkmore Primary Academy are Stafford Manor High School (0.4 miles), Blessed William Howard Catholic School (1 mile), King Edward VI High School (1.1 miles) and Walton High School (1.6 miles).