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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 20 November 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 23 October 2012Graded inspection: Good · as The Richard Heathcote Community Primary School, URN 132043
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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 entry45 applications · 25 places offered · 24 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2022 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 1.6; Staffordshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 2.4; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Staffordshire median
Dashed bars: as The Richard Heathcote Community Primary School (URN 132043), Heathcote Primary School (URN 124055), 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 | 25 | 45 | 1.8 | 24 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 45 | 1.5 | 28 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2024 | 18 | 26 | 1.4 | 18 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 15 | 28 | 1.9 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 20 | 33 | 1.7 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 20 | 33 | 1.7 | 19 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 * | 17 | 36 | 2.1 | 16 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2019 * | 22 | 34 | 1.6 | 20 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2018 * | 18 | 44 | 2.4 | 17 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2017 * | 20 | 32 | 1.6 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 21 | 39 | 1.9 | 24 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2015 * | 21 | 38 | 1.8 | 18 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2014 * | 17 | 34 | 2.0 | 17 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 74% · Writing 83% · Maths 87% → all three 65% 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 | 65% | 4% | 104 | 106 |
| 2023/24 | 77% | 9% | 106 | 106 |
| 2022/23 | 56% | 0% | 99 | 102 |
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
- Alsagers Bank Primary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20241.8applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · StaffordshireGraded · no overall grade20253.2applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · StaffordshireGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · StaffordshireGood20241.3applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · StaffordshireGood20231.9applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · StaffordshireGood20231.5applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · StaffordshireGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · StaffordshireRequires improvement20231.6applications per place
- 3.2 km · Staffordshire20252.1applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 148720 · 860/2000
- Trust
- The Societas Trust
- Capacity
- 205 pupils · 178 on roll
- Free school meals
- 14.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2021
- Replaced
- The Richard Heathcote Community Primary School (URN 132043); Heathcote Primary School (URN 124055)
- Address
- The Drive, Alsagers Bank, Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 8BB
- Local authority
- Staffordshire · Newcastle-under-Lyme
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources