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St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 239 pupils Stoke-On-Trent
Ofsted: Requires Improvement

St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School is a voluntary controlled school in Stoke-On-Trent for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 239 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in November 2024. In 2025, 36% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Absence is higher than at almost all other primary schools, with 8.8% of sessions missed in 2024/25 against 5.2% nationally, and 31% of pupils were persistently absent.

Ofsted inspection: November 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Voluntary controlled school
Age Range 3-11
Religion Church of England
Address Byatts Grove
Longton
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
ST3 2RH
Phone 01782235051
Reference Number 124227

General Makeup

Number of pupils 239
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 45.61%
Girls: 54.39%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 49.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 40.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.9
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 21
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 27.2

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 18 13 31
2 13 17 30
3 11 14 25
4 17 12 29
5 15 26 41
6 19 22 41

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 46.9%
Pakistani 15.9%
White, Other 12.6%
African 7.5%
Indian 4.2%
Unclassified 3.3%
Asian, Other 2.9%
Mixed, Other 2.1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.8%
White & Asian 0.4%

Overall Ofsted Rating Requires Improvement
 >  Quality of education Requires Improvement
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Early Years Provision Requires Improvement
Last Report Date 01 Oct 2024
Date Report
01 Oct 2024 School inspection
22 Mar 2022 School inspection:
05 May 2021 School inspection
13 Jan 2015 Full inspection:
15 Jan 2013 Interim assessment
14 Jul 2010 Full inspection:
17 Jan 2007 Full inspection:
17 Jun 2002 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 36%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 5%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 102
Maths 99

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -3.3
Writing 0.3
Maths -4.4

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Average Scaled Score

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 9 1
Third Preference 4 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School had 230 pupils for 315 places. 85 places (27.0%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Stoke on Trent LA Area Primary” planning area

Stoke-on-Trent counted 2,967 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 2,889 in 2029–30, down 3%.

201020112012201320142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 210210315315315315315315315315315315315315315
Pupils 180218223269278297301306307300254215222227230
Unfilled 14.3%0.0%29.2%14.6%11.7%5.7%4.4%2.9%2.5%4.8%19.4%31.7%29.5%27.9%27.0%

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 St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School attended 91.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 31.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 4.1%2.6%2.4%2.4%2.5%1.7%4.2%4.7%4.1%3.7%3.6%
Unauthorised absence 1.6%1.8%1.7%1.9%2.1%2.1%2.5%3.6%5.7%4.3%5.2%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.1%2.3%2.2%4.3%4.8%

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, 3.8% of pupils at St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.01.80.05.71.45.14.14.5
Permanent exclusions 0000000000000000

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 St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School had 23.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 19.112.912.512.411.510.111.411.511.612.710.010.811.812.712.912.0
Teachers who left state teaching 20.0%0.0%7.8%8.1%10.1%6.7%10.8%19.7%7.3%5.3%21.1%25.0%0.0%13.1%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 0.0%66.7%30.8%20.0%47.1%64.7%50.0%53.3%35.3%–55.6%85.7%71.4%53.8%50.0%–
Sick days per teacher 0.02.50.80.43.23.12.96.11.6–4.18.03.60.83.2–

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, 19.7% of pupils at St Paul's CofE (C) 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

SEN support EHC plan
Moderate learning difficulty 26 1
Speech, language and communication needs 14 4
Social, emotional and mental health 4 2
Hearing impairment 1 1
Autistic spectrum disorder 1 0
Specific learning difficulty 1 0

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 St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School received £8,375 and spent £8,116 for each of its 239 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £185,000 (£774 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

20192020202120222023202420252026
Revenue reserve £25,000£13,000£36,000£36,000£142,000£180,000£123,000£185,000
per pupil £74£42£136£175£657£746£464£774
In-year balance -£46,000-£12,000£23,000£0£106,000£38,000-£57,000£62,000
per pupil -£138-£39£88£0£489£159-£217£259

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

Name Distance
St Gregory's Catholic Academy
Spring Garden Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 2QN
0.22 miles
Sutherland Primary Academy
Beaconsfield Drive, Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 3DY
0.58 miles
The Meadows Primary Academy
Poplar Drive, Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 3AZ
0.65 miles
Belgrave St Bartholomew's Academy
Sussex Place, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 4TP
0.83 miles
Co-op Academy Clarice Cliff
GOLDENHILL ROAD, FENTON, STOKE-ON-TRENT, STAFFORDSHIRE, ST4 3DP
0.93 miles
Gladstone Primary Academy
Anchor Road, Sandford Hill, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 5EW
0.99 miles
Alexandra Infants' School
Melville Road, Normacot, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 4PZ
1.07 miles
Heron Cross Primary School
Grove Road, Heron Cross, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 4LJ
1.08 miles
Co-op Academy Glebe
Park Place, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 3HZ
1.28 miles
Newstead Primary Academy
Waterside Drive, Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 3LQ
1.29 miles
Sandford Hill Primary School
Clayfield Grove, Sandford Hill, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 5AQ
1.29 miles
Alexandra Junior School
Meir Road, Normacot, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 7JG
1.33 miles
Our Lady's Catholic Academy
Watkin Street, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 4NP
1.46 miles
Christ Church CofE Primary Academy
William Street, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 2JG
1.54 miles
St Augustine's Catholic Academy
Sandon Road, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 7DF
1.67 miles
Park Hall Academy
Carberry Way, Weston Coyney, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 5QU
1.81 miles
Ash Green Primary Academy
The Lea, Brough Lane, Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 8BX
1.88 miles
Stoke Minster CofE Primary Academy
Boothen Old Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 4EE
1.92 miles
Sandon Primary Academy
Normacot Grange Road, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 7AW
1.93 miles
Weston Junior Academy
Princess Drive, Weston Coyney, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 6NG
1.94 miles
Name Distance
St Thomas More Catholic Academy
Longton Hall Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 2NJ
0.38 miles
Intuition Holistic Education
20 Rosslyn Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 4JD
0.46 miles
Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy
Beaconsfield Drive, Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 3JD
1 miles
Kemball School
Beaconsfield Drive, Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 3JD
1 miles
Glebedale School
Grove Road, Heron Cross, Longton, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 3AY
1.03 miles
Ormiston Meridian Academy
Sandon Road, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 7DF
1.34 miles
Abbey Hill Academy & College
Box Lane, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 5PP
1.47 miles
Kinetic Academy
Meir Youth Cafe, Sandon Road, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 7DJ
1.71 miles
Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams
Weston Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 6AP
1.72 miles
Rowan House School
207/209 Weston Road, Weston Coyney, Stoke On Trent, ST3 6AT
1.82 miles
St Peter's CofE Academy
Fenton Manor, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 2RR
1.85 miles
Discovery Academy
Discovery Drive, Bentilee, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST2 0GA
2.03 miles
City of Stoke-On-Trent Sixth Form College
Leek Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 2RU
2.15 miles
Trentham Academy
Allerton Road, Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 8PQ
2.23 miles
St Joseph's College
London Road, Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 5NT
2.29 miles
Excellence Girls Academy
Crowther Street, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 2ER
2.47 miles
Edgewood Academy
Unit 6, Westmill Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3EL
2.6 miles
Thistley Hough Academy
Thistley Hough, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 5JJ
2.69 miles
Stoke-on-Trent College
Cauldon Campus, Stoke Road, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 2DG
2.75 miles
The Registry
Unit E, Metro Business Park, Clough Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 4AF
2.75 miles

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What is St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School have?

St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School has 239 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School cover?

St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 36% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School?

St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School is at Byatts Grove, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 2RH.

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