Report card · inspected Feb 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected 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
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Inspection history
- 24 February 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 9 November 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry19 applications · 5 places offered · 5 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 3.8; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.4
- 2025 2.2; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.5
- 2024 2.4; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.5
- 2023 1.9; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.6
- 2022 2.4; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.7
- 2021 4.0; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.6
- 2020 2.7; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.7
- 2019 3.1; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.7
- 2018 2.5; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.7
- 2017 3.0; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.0
- 2016 2.9; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.9
- 2015 2.3; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.9
- 2014 3.0; 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 | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 8 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2024 | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 13 | 25 | 1.9 | 11 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2022 | 11 | 26 | 2.4 | 9 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2021 | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 15 | 41 | 2.7 | 13 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2019 | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 7 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2018 | 10 | 25 | 2.5 | 9 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2017 | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 15 | 44 | 2.9 | 12 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2015 | 12 | 27 | 2.3 | 11 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2014 | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 9 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 94% · Writing 81% · Maths 63% → all three 56% 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 | 56% | 6% | 108 | 102 |
| 2023/24 | 44% | 0% | 102 | 100 |
| 2022/23 | 92% | 23% | 108 | 111 |
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
- St Matthews Church of England AcademyThis schoolThis school20263.8applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · StaffordshireStandards maintained20252.3applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · Stoke-on-TrentStandards maintained20251.4applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · Stoke-on-TrentRemains Outstanding20241.5applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · Stoke-on-TrentGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · Stoke-on-TrentGood202243%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · Stoke-on-TrentGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place
- 2.8 km · Stoke-on-TrentOutstanding20241.5applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · StaffordshireGood20222.8applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 140299 · 861/3453
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 105 pupils · 68 on roll
- Free school meals
- 20.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 November 2013
- Replaced
- St Matthews CofE (A) Primary School (URN 124346)
- Address
- St Matthew's Ce Academy, Lightwood Road, Rough Close, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 7NE
- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources