Academy converter · Staffordshire

Sun Academy Bradwell

3–11Ages
167Pupils
PrimaryPhase
142194URN

Cauldon Avenue, Bradwell, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, ST5 8JN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodJul 2018

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Feb 2024

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.0per place

close to Staffordshire median (1.9)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Staffordshire

43 applications for 22 places · 105th of 235 in Staffordshire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

77%met the expected standard

Staffordshire 67% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodJul 2018

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Feb 2024

Inspection history

21 February 2024
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
10 July 2018
Graded inspection: 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

2.0applications per place, Reception

close to Staffordshire median (1.9) 0.2 below England median (2.2)

43 applications · 22 places offered · 22 named it first

2026 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2025 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2024 2.2; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2023 2.3; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2022 2.2; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2021 2.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2020 2.9; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2019 2.0; Staffordshire median median 2.0
2018 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2017 2.4; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2016 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2015 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
2014 2.7; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school

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

This school
Staffordshire median

Dashed bars: as Bradwell County Primary School (URN 124106), 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	22	43	2.0	22	1.00
Sep 2025	17	36	2.1	17	1.00
Sep 2024	17	37	2.2	16	0.94
Sep 2023	15	34	2.3	15	1.00
Sep 2022	18	39	2.2	18	1.00
Sep 2021	21	55	2.6	21	1.00
Sep 2020	16	47	2.9	15	0.94
Sep 2019	21	42	2.0	20	0.95
Sep 2018	19	38	2.0	16	0.84
Sep 2017	17	40	2.4	12	0.71
Sep 2016	28	57	2.0	21	0.75
Sep 2015 *	30	59	2.0	28	0.93
Sep 2014 *	22	59	2.7	20	0.91

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 88% · Writing 88% · Maths 85% → all three 77% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard77%50th of 212 in Staffordshire

Staffordshire 67% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard88%

Staffordshire 81% England 78%

Higher standard35%

Staffordshire 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard88%

Staffordshire 78% England 75%

Greater depth23%

Staffordshire 12% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard85%

Staffordshire 80% England 77%

Higher standard50%

Staffordshire 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 107 (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	77%	19%	108	107
2023/24	68%	6%	104	104
2022/23	63%	0%	104	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

Sun Academy BradwellThis school
This school

Remains Good2024

2.0applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Bursley Academy
0.5 km · Staffordshire

Requires improvement2024

1.5applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Chesterton Primary School
0.6 km · Staffordshire

2025

2.1applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
Churchfields Primary School
0.8 km · Staffordshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.7applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
Crackley Bank Primary School
1.3 km · Staffordshire

Good2023

1.5applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
Ellison Primary Academy
1.5 km · Staffordshire

Good2023

2.2applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
St Margaret's CofE (VC) Junior School
1.8 km · Staffordshire

Remains Good · improving2023

69%met the SATs standard
St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School
2.0 km · Staffordshire

Standards maintained2025

2.2applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
Hempstalls Primary School
2.0 km · Staffordshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.0applications per place 72%met the SATs standard

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Strong standard
Expected standard
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Urgent improvement
Does not apply

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School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 142194 · 860/2241
Trust: Academy Transformation Trust
Capacity: 210 pupils · 167 on roll
Free school meals: 33.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 August 2015
Replaced: Bradwell County Primary School (URN 124106)
Address: Cauldon Avenue, Bradwell, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, ST5 8JN
Local authority: Staffordshire · Newcastle-under-Lyme

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