Silverdale Primary Academy

Silverdale Primary Academy demonstrates a good overall performance, with positive feedback from staff, pupils, and parents. The school's inclusive atmosphere fosters a strong sense of community, where students feel valued and safe. The curriculum is well-structured, emphasizing reading proficiency from early years through Year 2, helping pupils to develop a love for reading and a strong foundation in literacy. Despite these strengths, there are some areas for improvement, particularly in ensuring that all pupils benefit equally from teaching, which at times does not connect as effectively to prior knowledge.

Strengths

• Strong focus on reading development.
• A caring and inclusive school environment.
• Positive behaviour and attitudes among pupils.
• Effective support for special educational needs.
• Well-organized and ambitious curriculum.
• High-quality early years provision.

Areas for Improvement

• Some teacher input does not meet the needs of all pupils.
• Connections to prior learning are not always explicit.

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 Silverdale Primary Academy attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.3% 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, 0.7% of pupils at Silverdale Primary Academy 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 Silverdale Primary Academy had 20.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.4% 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, 23.0% of pupils at Silverdale Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.0% 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 2024–25 Silverdale Primary Academy received £8,366 and spent £9,532 for each of its 142 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £127,000 (£894 per pupil).

Across all 93 schools of United Learning Trust, income was £8,687 and spending £8,616 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Newcastle · Staffordshire local authority: places and applications

Silverdale Primary Academy is part of United Learning Trust, which runs 98 schools. The nearest others:

• Stockport Academy Stockport
• Sale High School Sale
• Cadishead Primary Academy Manchester
• William Hulme's Grammar School Manchester
• Irlam and Cadishead Academy Manchester
• Manchester Academy Manchester
• Abbey Hey Primary Academy Manchester
• Salford City Academy Manchester
• The Albion Academy Salford
• Marlborough Road Academy Salford

What is Silverdale Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Silverdale Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Silverdale Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Silverdale Primary Academy was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Silverdale Primary Academy have?

Silverdale Primary Academy has 152 pupils on roll.

What age range does Silverdale Primary Academy cover?

Silverdale Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Silverdale Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Silverdale Primary Academy?

Silverdale Primary Academy is at Racecourse, Silverdale, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 6PB.