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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| 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
- 7 December 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
- 3 December 2019Graded inspection: Good · as St Thomas' CofE (A) Primary School, URN 124380
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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 entry39 applications · 26 places offered · 24 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2022 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 2.2; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 1.9; Staffordshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Staffordshire median
Dashed bars: as St Thomas' CofE (A) Primary School (URN 124380), 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 | 26 | 39 | 1.5 | 24 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2025 | 22 | 36 | 1.6 | 20 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2024 | 25 | 40 | 1.6 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 16 | 25 | 1.6 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 18 | 31 | 1.7 | 18 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 22 | 30 | 1.4 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 23 | 50 | 2.2 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 29 | 56 | 1.9 | 33 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2018 * | 29 | 50 | 1.7 | 35 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2017 * | 21 | 38 | 1.8 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 52 | 1.7 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 59 | 2.0 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 53 | 1.8 | 32 | 1.07 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 75% · Writing 78% · Maths 66% → all three 56% 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 | 56% | 0% | 103 | 102 |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 3% | 104 | 101 |
| 2022/23 | 66% | 6% | 106 | 106 |
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
- St Thomas' CofE Primary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20231.5applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · StaffordshireStandards maintained20251.6applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20231.4applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Staffordshire20262.1applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Stoke-on-TrentGood20231.5applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20231.7applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · Stoke-on-TrentStandards maintained20251.1applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · Stoke-on-TrentGood20220.9applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · Staffordshire20261.8applications per place 35%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
- 148401 · 860/3489
- Trust
- Three Spires Trust
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 205 pupils · 189 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2021
- Replaced
- St Thomas' CofE (A) Primary School (URN 124380)
- Address
- Poplar Drive, Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 4HT
- Local authority
- Staffordshire · Newcastle-under-Lyme
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources