Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Stoke-on-Trent
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 20 January 2026Report card · 3 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
- 30 November 2021Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry45 applications · 38 places offered · 34 named it first
- 2026 1.2; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.4
- 2025 1.3; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.5
- 2024 1.5; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.5
- 2023 1.3; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.6
- 2022 1.4; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.7
- 2021 1.4; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.6
- 2020 1.3; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.7
- 2019 1.5; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.7
- 2018 1.4; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.7
- 2017 1.2; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.0
- 2016 1.4; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.9
- 2015 1.3; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.9
- 2014 1.4; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.7
- This school
- Stoke-on-Trent median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 38 | 45 | 1.2 | 34 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2025 | 59 | 76 | 1.3 | 58 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 43 | 63 | 1.5 | 43 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 49 | 65 | 1.3 | 49 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 38 | 53 | 1.4 | 36 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2021 | 42 | 58 | 1.4 | 41 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 79 | 1.3 | 61 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2019 | 40 | 59 | 1.5 | 40 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 44 | 62 | 1.4 | 40 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2017 | 41 | 50 | 1.2 | 40 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 | 45 | 62 | 1.4 | 41 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 75 | 1.3 | 56 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2014 | 46 | 65 | 1.4 | 43 | 0.93 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 69% · Writing 76% · Maths 71% → all three 59% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Stoke-on-Trent median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 59% | 5% | 105 | 106 |
| 2023/24 | 44% | 2% | 103 | 101 |
| 2022/23 | 55% | 4% | 102 | 103 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Heron Cross Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.2applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · Stoke-on-Trent20261.6applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Stoke-on-TrentOutstanding20242.4applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Stoke-on-TrentGood20231.3applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Stoke-on-TrentStandards maintained20241.4applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Stoke-on-TrentGraded · no overall grade20251.3applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · Stoke-on-TrentRemains Good20231.2applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · Stoke-on-TrentGraded · no overall grade20241.6applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · Stoke-on-TrentNot yet inspected
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 124003 · 861/2066
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 472 pupils · 396 on roll
- Free school meals
- 43.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Grove Road, Heron Cross, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 4LJ
- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources