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Oulton CofE First School

Primary Ages 3-9 77 pupils Stone
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Oulton CofE First School is an academy converter in Stone for pupils aged 3 to 9. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 77 pupils on roll.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-9
Religion Church of England
Address Rock Crescent
Oulton
Stone
Staffordshire
ST15 8UH
Reference Number 142439

General Makeup

Number of pupils 77
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 46.75%
Girls: 53.25%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 5.6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 0%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 16.7
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 20.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 5 8 13
2 10 5 15
3 4 8 12
4 8 7 15

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 92.2%
Unclassified 6.5%
White & Asian 1.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 15 Oct 2024 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
15 Oct 2024 School inspection
05 Mar 2019 Short inspection
07 Apr 2016 Academy conversion letter
22 Sep 2011 Full inspection:
Previously as Oulton CofE (C) First School
30 Jun 2010 Interim assessment
17 Oct 2006 Full inspection:
02 Jul 2001 Full inspection

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 9 0
Third Preference 2 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Oulton CofE First School had 69 pupils for 75 places. 6 places (8.0%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Stone Town Primary” planning area

Staffordshire counted 186 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 214 in 2029–30, up 15%.

201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 757575757575757575
Pupils 727671746873707369
Unfilled 4.0%0.0%5.3%1.3%9.3%2.7%6.7%2.7%8.0%

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 Oulton CofE First School attended 96.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.4%2.6%2.0%3.0%4.0%2.0%2.9%3.2%
Unauthorised absence 1.0%0.9%0.7%0.2%0.2%0.4%0.6%0.6%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

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 Oulton CofE First School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Permanent exclusions 000000000

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 Oulton CofE First School had 19.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 14.316.216.912.211.112.912.113.611.613.3
Teachers who left state teaching 12.1%0.0%14.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%23.3%27.3%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 60.0%40.0%50.0%–0.0%14.3%42.9%33.3%80.0%–
Sick days per teacher 2.81.41.8–0.00.90.910.03.0–

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, 3.9% of pupils at Oulton CofE First School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Moderate learning difficulty 3 0
Speech, language and communication needs 0 1

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 Oulton CofE First School received £7,534 and spent £7,674 for each of its 71 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £16,000 (£225 per pupil).

Across all 5 schools of The Key Educational Trust, income was £6,527 and spending £6,717 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve -£12,000-£55,000-£112,000£52,000£51,000£20,000£16,000
per pupil -£166-£728-£1,652£753£661£278£225
In-year balance £15,000-£84,000£9,000-£8,000£16,000-£21,000-£10,000
per pupil £196-£1,120£128-£116£203-£293-£140

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.

Name Distance
Christ Church Academy
Old Road, Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 8JD
0.88 miles
Christ Church CofE First School
Northesk Street, Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 8EP
1.18 miles
St Dominic's Catholic Primary School
Margaret Street, Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 8YG
1.28 miles
St Michael's CofE (C) First School
Weavers Lane, Off Lichfield Road, Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 8QB
1.73 miles
Manor Hill First School
Manor Rise, Walton, Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 0HY
1.86 miles
Pirehill First School
Tilling Drive, Walton, Pirehill First School Staffordshire County Council, Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 0AA
1.89 miles
Barlaston CofE (VC) First School
Barlaston Ce (Vc) First School, Broughton Crescent, Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST12 9DB
2 miles
Walton Priory Middle School
Beacon Rise, Walton, Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 0AL
2.05 miles
Fulford Primary School
Fulford Road, Fulford, Fulford Primary School, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST11 9QT
2.72 miles
St Matthews Church of England Academy
St Matthew's Ce Academy, Lightwood Road, Rough Close, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 7NE
2.72 miles
Meir Heath Academy
Golborn Avenue, Meir Heath, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 7JQ
2.81 miles
Tittensor CofE (C) First School
Beechcliffe Lane, Tittensor, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST12 9HP
2.94 miles
Newstead Primary Academy
Waterside Drive, Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 3LQ
3.23 miles
Springfields First School
Yarnfield, Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 0NJ
3.31 miles
St Augustine's Catholic Academy
Sandon Road, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 7DF
3.8 miles
Sandon Primary Academy
Normacot Grange Road, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 7AW
3.85 miles
Ash Green Primary Academy
The Lea, Brough Lane, Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 8BX
3.92 miles
Belgrave St Bartholomew's Academy
Sussex Place, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 4TP
3.99 miles
Sutherland Primary Academy
Beaconsfield Drive, Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 3DY
4.11 miles
Springcroft Primary School
Grindley Lane, Blythe Bridge, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST11 9JS
4.14 miles
Name Distance
Alleyne's Academy
Oulton Road, Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 8DT
0.66 miles
St Dominic's Priory School
37 Station Road, Stone, ST15 8ER
1.25 miles
Ormiston Meridian Academy
Sandon Road, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 7DF
3.66 miles
Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy
Beaconsfield Drive, Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 3JD
3.9 miles
Kemball School
Beaconsfield Drive, Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 3JD
3.9 miles
The Yarlet School
Yarlet, Stafford, ST18 9SU
4.04 miles
Kinetic Academy
Meir Youth Cafe, Sandon Road, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 7DJ
4.13 miles
Portland School
Uttoxeter Road, Blythe Bridge, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST11 9JG
4.21 miles
Intuition Holistic Education
20 Rosslyn Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 4JD
4.38 miles
Trentham Academy
Allerton Road, Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 8PQ
4.39 miles
Abbey Hill Academy & College
Box Lane, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 5PP
4.45 miles
Blythe Bridge High School
Cheadle Road, Blythe Bridge, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST11 9PW
4.53 miles
Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams
Weston Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 6AP
4.62 miles
Rowan House School
207/209 Weston Road, Weston Coyney, Stoke On Trent, ST3 6AT
4.63 miles
St Thomas More Catholic Academy
Longton Hall Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 2NJ
4.76 miles
Draycott Moor College
Draycott Old Road, Draycott-in-the-Moors, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST11 9AH
4.91 miles

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

Oulton CofE First School is part of The Key Educational Trust, which runs 5 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Oulton CofE First School have?

Oulton CofE First School has 77 pupils on roll.

What age range does Oulton CofE First School cover?

Oulton CofE First School for pupils aged 3 to 9.

Where is Oulton CofE First School?

Oulton CofE First School is at Rock Crescent, Oulton, Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 8UH.

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