Academy sponsor led · Staffordshire

Thursfield Primary School

2–11Ages
315Pupils
PrimaryPhase
143547URN

Chapel Lane, Harriseahead, Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 4JL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodSep 2019

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jan 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.8per place

close to Staffordshire median (1.9)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Staffordshire

68 applications for 38 places · 134th of 235 in Staffordshire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

70%met the expected standard

Staffordshire 67% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodSep 2019

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jan 2025

The graded inspection, 18 September 2019Ofsted'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

22 January 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
18 September 2019
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

1.8applications per place, Reception

close to Staffordshire median (1.9) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

68 applications · 38 places offered · 37 named it first

2026 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2025 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2024 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2023 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2022 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2021 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2020 2.2; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2019 1.5; Staffordshire median median 2.0
2018 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2017 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2016 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
2015 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
2014 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school

This school
Staffordshire median

Dashed bars: as Thursfield Primary School (URN 124086), 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	38	68	1.8	37	0.97
Sep 2025	34	57	1.7	33	0.97
Sep 2024	38	63	1.7	37	0.97
Sep 2023	40	64	1.6	40	1.00
Sep 2022	45	73	1.6	47	1.04
Sep 2021	35	58	1.7	32	0.91
Sep 2020	29	63	2.2	27	0.93
Sep 2019	34	52	1.5	33	0.97
Sep 2018	37	58	1.6	34	0.92
Sep 2017	26	53	2.0	23	0.88
Sep 2016 *	37	64	1.7	35	0.95
Sep 2015 *	41	69	1.7	37	0.90
Sep 2014 *	44	70	1.6	42	0.95

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 83% · Writing 78% · Maths 75% → all three 70% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard70%89th of 212 in Staffordshire

Staffordshire 67% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard83%

Staffordshire 81% England 78%

Higher standard50%

Staffordshire 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard78%

Staffordshire 78% England 75%

Greater depth35%

Staffordshire 12% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard75%

Staffordshire 80% England 77%

Higher standard38%

Staffordshire 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 106 (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	70%	30%	108	106
2023/24	73%	5%	107	104
2022/23	76%	17%	107	105

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

Thursfield Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

1.8applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
Packmoor Ormiston Academy
1.3 km · Stoke-on-Trent

Standards maintained2025

1.3applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
Castle Primary School
1.4 km · Staffordshire

Good2023

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

2026

1.7applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
Kidsgrove Primary School
1.6 km · Staffordshire

2026

2.1applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
Dove Bank Primary School
2.0 km · Staffordshire

Remains Good2023

1.4applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Knypersley First School
2.2 km · Staffordshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.8applications per place
St Joseph's Catholic Academy, Goldenhill
2.3 km · Stoke-on-Trent

Standards maintained2025

1.1applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
St Thomas' CofE Primary Academy
2.3 km · Staffordshire

Remains Good2023

1.5applications per place 56%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 sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 143547 · 860/2022
Trust: The Creative Learning Partnership Trust
Capacity: 315 pupils · 315 on roll
Free school meals: 10.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 November 2016
Replaced: Thursfield Primary School (URN 124086)
Address: Chapel Lane, Harriseahead, Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 4JL
Local authority: Staffordshire · Newcastle-under-Lyme

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