Saint Nathaniel's Academy

Saint Nathaniel's Academy is a good school that provides an effective education for its pupils, despite some challenges. Pupils are happy and feel safe within a warm and diverse community. The school has high ambitions for all students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). There is a strong focus on personal development, and pupils engage positively with their learning environment. Overall, the support staff provide is commendable, fostering an atmosphere of kindness and respect among students.

Strengths

• Effective pastoral support that helps pupils feel secure.
• Ambition for all pupils is central to the school's values.
• Well-established phonics programme with expert teachers.
• High priority on reading throughout the school.
• A strong commitment to community service and local involvement.
• Pupils develop leadership roles and responsibilities.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in phonics support leading to some pupils not making expected reading progress.
• Teachers do not use assessment consistently well, impacting how support is provided.
• Lack of rigorous monitoring in some areas of school improvement.

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 Saint Nathaniel's Academy attended 93.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.9% 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, 0.4% of pupils at Saint Nathaniel's 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 Saint Nathaniel's Academy had 23.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.5% 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, 13.1% of pupils at Saint Nathaniel's Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.5% 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 Saint Nathaniel's Academy received £6,433 and spent £7,048 for each of its 474 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £507,000 (£1,070 per pupil).

Across all 23 schools of St Bart'S Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,493 and spending £7,753 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 Stoke-On-Trent · Stoke-on-Trent local authority: places and applications

Saint Nathaniel's Academy is part of St Bart'S Multi Academy Trust, which runs 23 schools. The nearest others:

• Knutton St Marys CofE Academy Newcastle Under Lyme
• Kingsland CofE Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• St Saviour's CofE Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• Stoke Minster CofE Primary Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• St John's CofE Primary Academy Newcastle
• Priory CofE Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• Park Hall Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• Belgrave St Bartholomew's Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• Weston Infant Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• Cranberry Academy Alsager

What is Saint Nathaniel's Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Saint Nathaniel's Academy is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Saint Nathaniel's Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Saint Nathaniel's Academy was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Saint Nathaniel's Academy have?

Saint Nathaniel's Academy has 474 pupils on roll.

What age range does Saint Nathaniel's Academy cover?

Saint Nathaniel's Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Saint Nathaniel's Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

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

Where is Saint Nathaniel's Academy?

Saint Nathaniel's Academy is at Westport Road, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 4JG.