Schools in Lichfield
Lichfield is a cathedral city in Staffordshire with 27 schools - 16 primaries and 3 secondaries. Staffordshire County Council co-ordinates admissions using a combination of catchment areas and distance tiebreakers for community schools. Lichfield's primaries cover the city centre and residential suburbs including Boley Park, Stychbrook, and Curborough. The area has grown steadily, and newer developments on the city's outskirts may fall into different catchments to older addresses nearby.
Secondary schools in Lichfield are King Edward VI School, The Friary School, and Nether Stowe School. King Edward VI School is a Church of England voluntary aided school that applies faith criteria; The Friary and Nether Stowe are both co-educational comprehensives. Staffordshire does not operate a general grammar school system, so admissions are non-selective across all three secondaries. Families near the boundary with Birmingham should note that some outer-Birmingham schools are geographically close but require separate applications through Birmingham City Council.
School demand in Lichfield
Across the 26 schools in Lichfield with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 89%. 9 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
6 schools in Lichfield have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
16 of the schools in Lichfield are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Staffordshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
5 of the schools in Lichfield have a current Ofsted rating, of which 4 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Lichfield: 4 oversubscribed (16)
St Stephen's Primary School
Primary · Community school
Lichfield · WS13 8NL
Christ Church CofE (C) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Lichfield · WS13 8AY
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Lichfield · WS14 9AN
SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Lichfield · WS13 7NH
Five Spires Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Lichfield · WS14 9AN
Chadsmead Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Lichfield · WS13 7HJ
Scotch Orchard Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Lichfield · WS13 6DE
Charnwood Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Lichfield · WS13 7PH
Streethay Primary School
Primary · Free schools
Lichfield · WS13 8FT
Greysbrooke Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Lichfield · WS14 0LT
St Michael's CofE (C) Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Lichfield · WS14 9AN
St Chad's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Lichfield · WS13 6SN
Fradley Park Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Free schools
Lichfield · WS13 8TW
Whittington Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter
Lichfield · WS14 9LG
Anna Seward Primary
Primary · Free schools
Lichfield · WS14 0AL
Willows Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Lichfield · WS13 7NU
Secondary Schools in Lichfield (3)
King Edward VI School
Secondary · Community school
Lichfield · WS14 9EE
Nether Stowe School
Secondary · Academy converter
Lichfield · WS13 7NB
The Friary School
Secondary · Academy converter
Lichfield · WS13 7EW
Other Schools in Lichfield (8)
Lichfield Cathedral School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Lichfield · WS13 7LH
Maple Hayes Hall School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Lichfield · WS13 8BL
Saxon Hill Academy
Not applicable · Academy special converter
Lichfield · WS14 9DE
Rocklands School
Not applicable · Academy special converter
Lichfield · WS13 7PH
Queen's Croft High School
Not applicable · Academy special converter
Lichfield · WS13 6PJ
Shenstone Lodge School
Not applicable · Academy special converter
Lichfield · WS14 0LB
The Bridge Academy
Not applicable · Academy alternative provision converter
Lichfield · WS13 6SW
Beacon Independent School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Lichfield · WS13 6JX
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Lichfield are set by Staffordshire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.