Academy converter · Staffordshire

Castle Primary School

3–11Ages
94Pupils
PrimaryPhase
141732URN

Mow Cop Road, Mow Cop, Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 4NE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.9per place

1.0 above Staffordshire median (1.9)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Staffordshire

35 applications for 12 places

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

50%met the expected standard

Staffordshire 67% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 20 June 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
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

2.9applications per place, Reception

1.0 above Staffordshire median (1.9) 0.7 above England median (2.2)

35 applications · 12 places offered · 12 named it first

2026 2.9; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2025 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2024 2.2; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2023 4.0; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2022 2.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2021 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2020 2.2; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2019 2.4; Staffordshire median median 2.0
2018 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2017 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2016 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2015 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
2014 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Staffordshire median in 10 of 11 years.

This school
Staffordshire median

Dashed bars: as Castle Primary School (URN 124091), the previous school.

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	12	35	2.9	12	1.00
Sep 2025	15	31	2.1	16	1.07
Sep 2024	11	24	2.2	8	0.73
Sep 2023	6	24	4.0	6	1.00
Sep 2022	10	26	2.6	10	1.00
Sep 2021	11	22	2.0	10	0.91
Sep 2020	11	24	2.2	11	1.00
Sep 2019	7	17	2.4	8	1.14
Sep 2018	13	25	1.9	13	1.00
Sep 2017	15	32	2.1	12	0.80
Sep 2016	12	17	1.4	10	0.83
Sep 2015 *	14	22	1.6	11	0.79
Sep 2014 *	12	18	1.5	10	0.83

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 50% · Writing 88% · Maths 75% → all three 50% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard50%176th of 212 in Staffordshire

Staffordshire 67% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard50%

Staffordshire 81% England 78%

Higher standard31%

Staffordshire 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard88%

Staffordshire 78% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Staffordshire 12% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard75%

Staffordshire 80% England 77%

Higher standard0%

Staffordshire 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)

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Staffordshire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	50%	0%	102	103
2023/24	86%	0%	108	107
2022/23	55%	0%	105	107

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

Castle Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2023

2.9applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
Woodcocks' Well CofE Primary School
0.4 km · Cheshire East

2026

1.7applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
Thursfield Primary School
1.4 km · Staffordshire

Standards maintained2025

1.8applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
Kidsgrove Primary School
1.9 km · Staffordshire

2026

2.1applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
Knypersley First School
2.3 km · Staffordshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.8applications per place
Scholar Green Primary School
2.3 km · Cheshire East

Good2023

1.6applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Dove Bank Primary School
2.4 km · Staffordshire

Remains Good2023

1.4applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Packmoor Ormiston Academy
2.7 km · Stoke-on-Trent

Standards maintained2025

1.3applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
St John the Evangelist Catholic Academy
2.9 km · Staffordshire

Standards maintained2025

1.6applications per place 63%met the SATs standard

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School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 141732 · 860/2220
Trust: The Learning Partnership Academies Trust
Capacity: 120 pupils · 94 on roll
Free school meals: 14.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 March 2015
Replaced: Castle Primary School (URN 124091)
Address: Mow Cop Road, Mow Cop, Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 4NE
Local authority: Staffordshire · Newcastle-under-Lyme

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