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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 17 June 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 3 December 2013Graded inspection: Good · as Waterhouses CofE (VC) Primary School, URN 124306
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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 entry16 applications · 10 places offered · 10 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.1; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2022 1.1; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2021 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2020 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.2; Staffordshire median median 2.0
- 2018 1.2; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2017 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2016 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.2; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.2; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Staffordshire median
Dashed bars: as Waterhouses CofE (VC) Primary School (URN 124306), 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 | 10 | 16 | 1.6 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 14 | 20 | 1.4 | 13 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2024 | 19 | 21 | 1.1 | 16 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2023 | 14 | 19 | 1.4 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 24 | 27 | 1.1 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 15 | 23 | 1.5 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 9 | 11 | 1.2 | 8 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2018 | 14 | 17 | 1.2 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 16 | 23 | 1.4 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 13 | 18 | 1.4 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 17 | 20 | 1.2 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 10 | 12 | 1.2 | 10 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 88% · Writing 63% · Maths 100% → all three 63% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Staffordshire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 63% | 0% | 107 | 106 |
| 2023/24 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 56% | 0% | 107 | 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
- Waterhouses CofE Primary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20251.6applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 5.2 km · StaffordshireGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 5.6 km · StaffordshireGood20232.5applications per place
- 5.7 km · StaffordshireGood20221.2applications per place
- 6.3 km · StaffordshireGood20242.2applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- 7.6 km · StaffordshireGood20231.5applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 8.2 km · StaffordshireGood20241.1applications per place
- 8.5 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20221.7applications per place
- 9.7 km · DerbyshireRemains Good20232.0applications per place
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 143622 · 860/3156
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 140 pupils · 97 on roll
- Free school meals
- 7.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2017
- Replaced
- Waterhouses CofE (VC) Primary School (URN 124306)
- Address
- Waterfall Lane, Waterhouses, Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 3HY
- Local authority
- Staffordshire · Staffordshire Moorlands
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources