School place planning in Staffordshire Moorlands District
The district of Staffordshire Moorlands is made up of five distinct areas:
A three tier education system, with first (4-9 years), middle (9-13 years) and high (13-18 years) schools, operates in Biddulph.
A two tier education system, with primary (4-11 years) and secondary (11-16/18) operates in Blythe Bridge, Endon and Werrington and Cheadle.
Leek including Cheddleton and Moorlands Rural, operates an amalgam of a two tier education system with primary (4-11 years) and secondary (11-18 years) schools and a three tier system, with first (4-9 years), middle (9-13 years) and high (13-18 years) schools.
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For the purpose of school place planning the district is broken down into smaller planning areas which are used to plan the number of school places required. These have been grouped based on the geographical location of schools, and by assessing pupil movement between schools and catchment areas.
Biddulph has 5 first schools, 1 primary school, 2 middle schools and 1 high school.
There are currently no additional places planned within the next five years however in the longer term additional school places may be required.
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Blythe Bridge has 8 primary schools and 1 secondary school.
There are currently no additional places planned within the next five years. However, in the longer term additional school places may be required.
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Endon and Werrington has 5 primary schools and 2 secondary schools.
There are currently no additional places planned within the next five years. However, in the longer term additional school places may be required.
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Cheadle has 8 primary schools and 2 secondary schools.
There are currently no additional places planned within the next five years. However, in the longer term additional school places may be required.
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Leek, including Cheddleton and Moorlands Rural, has 10 first schools, 6 primary schools, 2 middle schools and 2 high schools.
There are currently no additional places planned within the next five years. However, in the longer term additional school places may be required.
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New Schools
There are currently no new schools planned within the next five years in the district of Staffordshire Moorlands.
In order to mitigate the impact of local plan housing one new 1FE (150 place) first school in Leek and one new 1 FE (210 place) primary school at the Froghall/Ayr Road residential development site in Cheadle may be delivered beyond the next five years
School expansions
No additional school places are proposed through school expansions within the next five years.
Beyond the next five years, additional school places may be required through expansion projects to mitigate the impact of local plan housing.
Current consultations
There are currently no live consultations for this area.
Delivered projects
There have been no projects delivered in this district over the last five years.