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Hutchinson Memorial CofE First School

PrimaryAges 3–9AcademyChurch of England

near Upper Tean, ST10 4NB · Staffordshire local authority

Upper Tean’s School Grade A better than 94% of towns in England

Getting in
9/9
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
48 pupils
57% of its 84 places
Free school meals
9%
9 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Hutchinson Memorial CofE First School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 48 pupils for 84 places
  • 9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Requires improvement, May 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Outside any built-up area: listed with Upper Tean, the nearest town
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (9 of 9)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (ST10 4) sold for a median £277,500; Upper Tean’s is £205,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Hutchinson Memorial CofE First School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

9
families put it first for September 2026
9
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2021 (1), 2024 (1). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Innovate2educate Partnership Limited sets the admissions rules. Apply through Staffordshire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools nearby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.07 per place
94% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
Hutchinson Memorial CofE First
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
93% got their first choice
0.97 per place
100% got their first choice
0.96 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

49 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
14.3%England 15.3%
EHC plan
0%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
0%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
6.1%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 53%Boys 47%
Its letter

No letter for Hutchinson Memorial CofE First School

A first or lower school: pupils move on before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Requires improvement, May 2024. Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns), January 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Hutchinson Memorial CofE First School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in ST10 4, the school’s postcode sector

Upper Tean property prices →
£277,500
median sale, 302 sales in 36 months · Upper Tean £205,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025ST10 4Upper Tean
ST10 4Upper Tean

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£403K
Semi-detached
£230K
Terraced
£158K
Flat
£96K
ST10 4Upper Tean

Homes in ST10 4 sell for well over Upper Tean’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

2 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNAHutchinson Memorial CofE Fi…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

near Upper Tean, ST10 4NB

Hutchinson Memorial CofE First School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Hutchinson Memorial CofE First School?

For September 2026, 9 families put Hutchinson Memorial CofE First School first and all of them were offered a place; 9 places were offered in all.

What is Hutchinson Memorial CofE First School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Requires improvement (May 2024).

How much do houses cost near Hutchinson Memorial CofE First School?

Homes in its postcode sector, ST10 4, sold for a median £277,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (302 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Upper Tean’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.