Academy converter · Staffordshire

Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy

4–11Ages
95Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Roman CatholicReligious character
140129URN

Woodland Street, Biddulph, Stoke-on-Trent, ST8 6LW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.7per place

close to Staffordshire median (1.9)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Staffordshire

12 applications for 7 places

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

83%met the expected standard

Staffordshire 67% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 7 May 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management	Outstanding
Early years provision		Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry

1.7applications per place, Reception

close to Staffordshire median (1.9) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

12 applications · 7 places offered · 7 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2025 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2024 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2023 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2022 1.3; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2021 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2020 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2019 1.6; Staffordshire median median 2.0
2018 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2017 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2016 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2015 1.1; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2014 1.0; Staffordshire median median 1.8

More applications per place than the Staffordshire median in 1 of 13 years.

This school
Staffordshire 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	7	12	1.7	7	1.00
Sep 2025	9	15	1.7	9	1.00
Sep 2024	9	15	1.7	9	1.00
Sep 2023	13	22	1.7	13	1.00
Sep 2022	16	21	1.3	17	1.06
Sep 2021	15	23	1.5	15	1.00
Sep 2020	15	30	2.0	19	1.27
Sep 2019	15	24	1.6	15	1.00
Sep 2018	15	24	1.6	16	1.07
Sep 2017	15	26	1.7	18	1.20
Sep 2016	14	21	1.5	14	1.00
Sep 2015	14	16	1.1	13	0.93
Sep 2014	21	21	1.0	16	0.76

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 83% · Writing 83% · Maths 83% → all three 83% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard83%22nd of 212 in Staffordshire

Staffordshire 67% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard83%

Staffordshire 81% England 78%

Higher standard67%

Staffordshire 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 110 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard83%

Staffordshire 78% England 75%

Greater depth42%

Staffordshire 12% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard83%

Staffordshire 80% England 77%

Higher standard67%

Staffordshire 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Staffordshire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	83%	25%	110	109
2023/24	53%	7%	106	101
2022/23	64%	18%	105	104

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

Our Lady of Grace Catholic AcademyThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.7applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
Squirrel Hayes First School
0.3 km · Staffordshire

Remains Good2024

1.9applications per place
Kingsfield First School
0.5 km · Staffordshire

Remains Good2023

2.6applications per place
Knypersley First School
0.7 km · Staffordshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.8applications per place
Oxhey First School
1.3 km · Staffordshire

Outstanding2023

1.8applications per place
Moor First School
2.5 km · Staffordshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.8applications per place
Thursfield Primary School
3.0 km · Staffordshire

Standards maintained2025

1.8applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
Castle Primary School
3.0 km · Staffordshire

Good2023

2.9applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
Packmoor Ormiston Academy
3.3 km · Stoke-on-Trent

Standards maintained2025

1.3applications per place 66%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 140129 · 860/3477
Trust: St Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Capacity: 120 pupils · 95 on roll
Free school meals: 38.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 September 2013
Replaced: English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School (URN 124368)
Address: Woodland Street, Biddulph, Stoke-on-Trent, ST8 6LW
Local authority: Staffordshire · Staffordshire Moorlands

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources