Merryfields School

State-Funded School

merryfields-school-staffordshire-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

StaffordshireLocal Authority

Newcastle-under-LymeConstituency

ST5 9NYPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Merryfields School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–11, located in Staffordshire, West Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 118 pupils. Merryfields School is part of Manor Hall Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

83%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

118

Total Pupils

77%Boys

23%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

47%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 118
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: Manor Hall Academy Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 14 May 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
30 Apr 2014	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.