Ellison Primary Academy

Ellison Primary Academy is performing well, overall receiving a 'Good' rating across several key areas including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, and leadership. The school demonstrates strong support for personal development, particularly in fostering students' emotional well-being and encouraging them to engage in a variety of opportunities beyond the classroom. Inspectors noted the positive environment created by leaders and staff, ensuring that pupils feel safe and are well-prepared for their next stages of education. Parents express confidence in the school’s ability to nurture their children's happiness and development.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate care, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity.
• Leaders maintain high expectations for all pupils and staff.
• A well-sequenced and ambitious curriculum is in place.
• Pupils make very strong progress in many subjects.
• Skilled teaching of phonics contributes to pupils becoming confident readers.
• Effective support is provided for pupils with SEND, ensuring inclusion.
• The school prioritizes pupils' physical and mental health.
• Pupils have a deep understanding of equalities and respect.

Areas for Improvement

• Some curriculum activities do not consistently help pupils learn well.
• Support for some pupils with SEND is not always closely matched to their needs.

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 Ellison Primary Academy attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.8% 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, 1.1% of pupils at Ellison 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 Ellison Primary Academy had 20.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 1.9% 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, 12.2% of pupils at Ellison Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.6% 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 Ellison Primary Academy received £6,214 and spent £5,926 for each of its 361 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £73,000 (£203 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of The Societas Trust, income was £6,126 and spending £5,893 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

Ellison Primary Academy is part of The Societas Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• Summerbank Primary Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• Burnwood Primary Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• Goldenhill Primary Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• Alsagers Bank Primary Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• Ball Green Primary Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• Carmountside Primary Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• Gladstone Primary Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• Ash Green Primary Academy Stoke-On-Trent

What is Ellison Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Ellison Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Ellison Primary Academy was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Ellison Primary Academy have?

Ellison Primary Academy has 329 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ellison Primary Academy cover?

Ellison Primary Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ellison Primary Academy?

Ellison Primary Academy is at Ellison Street, Wolstanton, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 0BL.