Walton Priory Middle School
Secondary schoolWalton Priory Middle School is a secondary school in Stafford, for pupils aged 9 to 13. It had 542 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 18 March 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 52% of pupils at Walton Priory Middle School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Staffordshire and 62% in England.
7% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 52% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 7% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Pirehill First SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met290 m
- Manor Hill First SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, September 2023770 m
- St Michael's CofE (C) First SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, January 20231.2 km
- St Dominic's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 92% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- St Dominic's Priory SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.4 km
- Christ Church CofE First SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, November 20241.5 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Stafford
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).