Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 12 May 2026
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Ofsted inspected Highburton CofE First Academy on 12 May 2026 using a report card, which grades each area separately and gives no overall grade. The school met Ofsted's safeguarding standards. It was graded Strong standard for achievement, for inclusion, for leadership and governance, for personal development and wellbeing and for early years; Expected standard for curriculum and teaching and for attendance and behaviour.
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Reception place starting that September. Children start Reception in the September after their fourth birthday. You can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference, and offers are sent on 16 April, or the next working day. As a Church of England school it may also ask for a supplementary form, and its admissions policy says whether it does.
No. Distance only counts when Highburton CofE First Academy has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by its academy trust, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. As a Church of England school, it can give priority to children on grounds of faith. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
Highburton CofE First Academy had 173 pupils aged 4 to 10 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 180. It is a mixed school.
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