Stoke Primary School

Stoke Primary School is currently rated as requiring improvement, reflecting challenges in educational quality and leadership. While the school enjoys a positive environment and pupils are generally well-behaved and proud of their diverse community, there are significant concerns regarding the consistency of educational delivery and curriculum expectations. Despite a strong emphasis on reading and high-quality pastoral support, some pupils are not achieving their potential due to low expectations in various subjects and inadequate curriculum embedding. This inspection is particularly pertinent as it follows a previous good rating, highlighting an urgent need for improvement in instructional practices and leadership oversight.

Strengths

• Celebrates diversity and helps pupils feel welcomed and proud of their heritage.
• Provides a broad curriculum with many opportunities for writing across subjects.
• Strong focus on reading with a clear phonics program.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND through adapted learning activities.
• High-quality pastoral care supporting pupil well-being.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack secure embedding, impacting pupil learning.
• Inconsistent implementation of effective learning strategies across the staff.
• Low expectations for pupil learning outcomes in some areas.
• Early years provision has low expectations and lacks support for creative thinking.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Stoke Primary School attended 93.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 22.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.5% of pupils at Stoke Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Stoke Primary School had 32.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 13.9% of pupils at Stoke Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Stoke Primary School received £7,067 and spent £7,023 for each of its 450 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £195,000 (£434 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Stoke Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Stoke Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Stoke Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Stoke Primary School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Stoke Primary School have?

Stoke Primary School has 474 pupils on roll.

What age range does Stoke Primary School cover?

Stoke Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Stoke Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Stoke Primary School?

Stoke Primary School is at Briton Road, Coventry, West Midlands, CV2 4LF.