Academy converter · Staffordshire

Crackley Bank Primary School

3–11Ages
198Pupils
PrimaryPhase
143349URN

Blackthorn Place, Newcastle, ST5 7BE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.5per place

0.5 below Staffordshire median (1.9)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Staffordshire

32 applications for 22 places · 206th of 235 in Staffordshire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

78%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 · 21 March 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

Inspection history

21 March 2023
Graded inspection: Good
25 September 2019
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

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

1.5applications per place, Reception

0.5 below Staffordshire median (1.9) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

32 applications · 22 places offered · 21 named it first

2026 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2025 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2024 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2023 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2022 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2021 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2020 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2019 1.6; Staffordshire median median 2.0
2018 1.3; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2017 1.1; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2016 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
2015 1.2; 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 1 of 10 years.

This school
Staffordshire median

Dashed bars: as Crackley Bank Primary School (URN 124108), 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	32	1.5	21	0.95
Sep 2025	17	33	1.9	17	1.00
Sep 2024	24	46	1.9	24	1.00
Sep 2023	30	51	1.7	32	1.07
Sep 2022	26	38	1.5	26	1.00
Sep 2021	23	35	1.5	23	1.00
Sep 2020	19	31	1.6	19	1.00
Sep 2019	19	31	1.6	19	1.00
Sep 2018	24	31	1.3	24	1.00
Sep 2017	24	27	1.1	21	0.88
Sep 2016 *	26	44	1.7	24	0.92
Sep 2015 *	30	37	1.2	29	0.97
Sep 2014 *	23	34	1.5	22	0.96

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 89% · Writing 83% · Maths 83% → all three 78% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard78%44th of 212 in Staffordshire

Staffordshire 67% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard89%

Staffordshire 81% England 78%

Higher standard56%

Staffordshire 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard83%

Staffordshire 78% England 75%

Greater depth11%

Staffordshire 12% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard83%

Staffordshire 80% England 77%

Higher standard22%

Staffordshire 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 105 (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	78%	6%	109	105
2023/24	50%	0%	103	102
2022/23	46%	0%	102	100

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

Crackley Bank Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2023

1.5applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
Chesterton Primary School
0.8 km · Staffordshire

2025

2.1applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
St Chad's CofE (C) Primary School
0.9 km · Staffordshire

Remains Good2023

1.8applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
Churchfields Primary School
1.3 km · Staffordshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.7applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
Sun Academy Bradwell
1.3 km · Staffordshire

Remains Good2024

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

Requires improvement2024

1.5applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Wood Lane Primary School
2.1 km · Staffordshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.2applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
Springhead Primary School
2.7 km · Staffordshire

Remains Good2023

1.4applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Ellison Primary Academy
2.8 km · Staffordshire

Good2023

2.2applications per place 72%met the SATs standard

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: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 143349 · 860/2247
Trust: Collective Vision Trust
Capacity: 210 pupils · 198 on roll
Free school meals: 59.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 October 2016
Replaced: Crackley Bank Primary School (URN 124108)
Address: Blackthorn Place, Newcastle, ST5 7BE
Local authority: Staffordshire · Newcastle-under-Lyme

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