Ravensmead Primary School

Ravensmead Primary School is performing well with an overall effectiveness rated as good. The school has fostered positive relationships among staff, parents, and the community, creating a nurturing environment where pupils feel safe and are encouraged to excel. Leaders are ambitious and have recently made significant improvements to the curriculum, prioritizing reading and personal development, which benefits all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The school prides itself on its supportive culture and is highly regarded by parents and the local community. While the school has many strengths, some areas require attention. Specifically, assessment practices are inconsistent across subjects, hindering the full potential of pupils' learning. Although leaders monitor reading effectively, they need to implement similar rigor in other subjects to ensure all pupils are consistently achieving to the best of their abilities. Despite these concerns, the commitment from staff and the strong governance in place suggest that the school is well-positioned for continued improvement.

Strengths

• Strong positive relationships among staff, parents, and pupils.
• Ambitious leadership with a clear vision for improvement.
• Effective support mechanisms for pupils with special educational needs.
• Strong focus on reading, with a well-implemented phonics programme.
• High attendance rates and a calm, orderly school environment.
• Rich personal development opportunities for pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent assessment practices across some subjects.
• Variability in the implementation of the curriculum not addressed swiftly.

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 Ravensmead Primary School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.2% 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, 1.2% of pupils at Ravensmead 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 Ravensmead Primary School had 21.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.0% 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, 16.1% of pupils at Ravensmead Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.4% 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 Ravensmead Primary School received £7,900 and spent £7,789 for each of its 317 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £465,000 (£1,468 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 Ravensmead Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ravensmead Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Ravensmead Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ravensmead Primary School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Ravensmead Primary School have?

Ravensmead Primary School has 317 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ravensmead Primary School cover?

Ravensmead Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 42% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ravensmead Primary School?

Ravensmead Primary School is at Chapel Street, Bignall End, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST7 8QD.