Greenhall
Greenhall is a special academy in Stafford for boys and girls aged 2 to 5. It has 39 pupils. About 28 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in England.
Second Avenue, Holmcroft, Stafford, ST16 1PS01785 246159greenhall.staffs.sch.ukMrs Joanne di Castiglione headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Staffordshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
Specialist SEND provision. A special school for pupils with autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, specific learning difficulties, visual impairment.
To get a place in the unit or resourced provision, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school. Other schools in Staffordshire with autism provision.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Autistic spectrum disorder (21), language and communications needs (7), Physical disability (3), Specific learning difficulty (3), Profound and multiple learning difficulty (2), Multi-sensory impairment (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 39 | 39 | 33 | 31 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 28% | 36% | 27% | 19% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 10% | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 5% | 12% | 13% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 95% | 88% | 87% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other special schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshlands School | Council | 10 m | 201 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Tillington Manor Primary School | Academy | 690 m | 214 | Report card 2026 | 18 | Compare |
| Sir Graham Balfour High School | Academy | 830 m | 1,003 | Not inspected | 37 | Compare |
| Parkside Primary School | Academy | 920 m | 399 | Good 2022 | 87 | Compare |
| Beaconfields Primary School | Free school | 0.9 miles | 100 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Doxey Academy | Academy | 1.0 miles | 201 | Requires improvement 2023 | 16 | Compare |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 1.1 miles | 213 | Good 2022 | 52 | Compare |
| John Wheeldon Primary Academy | Academy | 1.3 miles | 536 | Good 2019 | 33 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Greenhall a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Greenhall yet.
How many pupils does Greenhall have?
39 pupils aged 2 to 5 were on the roll in January 2026.
Does Greenhall have specialist SEND provision?
Yes. It is a special school for autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, specific learning difficulties, visual impairment. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Second Avenue, Holmcroft, Stafford, ST16 1PS
- Telephone
- 01785 246159
- Website
- www.greenhall.staffs.sch.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Joanne di Castiglione
- Type of school
- Special academy (Academy special converter, academies)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 2-5, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- The Creative Learning Partnership Trust (11 schools)
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Ward
- Holmcroft
- Constituency
- Stafford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 June 2022 (academy converter)
- URN
- 149002 · LAESTAB 8607750 · UKPRN 10090198
- Formerly
- Greenhall Nursery
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.