Report card · inspected Apr 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 | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Strong standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 14 April 2026Report card · 7 Strong standard
- 16 February 2022Ungraded 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 entry53 applications · 30 places offered · 36 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.4
- 2025 2.0; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.5
- 2024 1.4; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.5
- 2023 2.0; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.6
- 2022 1.7; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.7
- 2021 1.8; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.6
- 2020 1.6; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.7
- 2019 1.4; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.7
- 2018 1.2; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.7
- 2017 1.4; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 1.7; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 1.7; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 1.6; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.7; as the previous school
- This school
- Stoke-on-Trent median
Dashed bars: as Hamilton Infant School (URN 123994), 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 | 30 | 53 | 1.8 | 36 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 60 | 2.0 | 36 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2024 | 29 | 41 | 1.4 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 27 | 54 | 2.0 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 31 | 52 | 1.7 | 30 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 | 33 | 59 | 1.8 | 31 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2020 | 48 | 76 | 1.6 | 48 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 45 | 62 | 1.4 | 43 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2018 | 60 | 69 | 1.2 | 45 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2017 * | 50 | 70 | 1.4 | 42 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2016 * | 50 | 85 | 1.7 | 45 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2015 * | 58 | 98 | 1.7 | 48 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2014 * | 60 | 95 | 1.6 | 48 | 0.80 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Co-op Academy HamiltonThis schoolThis school20261.8applications per place
- 0.3 km · Stoke-on-TrentStandards maintained20251.4applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 0.4 km · Stoke-on-TrentGood202454%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · Stoke-on-TrentGood20231.2applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · Stoke-on-TrentStandards maintained20251.2applications per place
- 1.0 km · Stoke-on-TrentRemains Good20231.1applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Stoke-on-TrentRemains Good20241.2applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Stoke-on-TrentGood20221.2applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Stoke-on-TrentStandards maintained20241.8applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 143484 · 861/2048
- Capacity
- 240 pupils · 136 on roll
- Free school meals
- 40.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2017
- Replaced
- Hamilton Infant School (URN 123994)
- Address
- Barthomley Road, Birches Head, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 6NW
- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources