Rode Heath Primary School

Rode Heath Primary School has shown remarkable improvement since its last inspection, now achieving an overall effectiveness rating of 'Outstanding'. The school provides a nurturing environment where pupils are exceptionally happy and engaged, leading to high attendance rates and exemplary behavior. The curriculum is ambitious and carefully structured, allowing all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), to thrive academically and develop a deep understanding across various subjects. The school has established a strong sense of community, with pupils taking pride in their school values and actively participating in school life.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve exceptionally well academically.
• The curriculum clearly defines essential knowledge across all year groups.
• Staff deliver the curriculum with expertise and enthusiasm.
• Pupils enjoy a wide variety of extracurricular activities.
• High expectations are set for all students, including those with SEND.
• Reading is prioritized and integrated into all subjects.
• Pupils display exemplary behavior and high levels of respect.

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 Rode Heath Primary School attended 96.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.5% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Rode Heath 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 Rode Heath Primary School had 28.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.5% 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, 5.3% of pupils at Rode Heath Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.3% 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 Rode Heath Primary School received £6,253 and spent £5,947 for each of its 245 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £180,000 (£735 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 Rode Heath Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Rode Heath Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Rode Heath Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Rode Heath Primary School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Rode Heath Primary School have?

Rode Heath Primary School has 245 pupils on roll.

What age range does Rode Heath Primary School cover?

Rode Heath Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 84% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Rode Heath Primary School?

Rode Heath Primary School is at Heath Avenue, Rode Heath, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST7 3RY.