Park Hall Academy

Park Hall Academy is a highly inclusive primary school where pupils thrive and feel part of a strong school family. This was its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and its first section 5 inspection; it is an academy converter within St. Bart’s Multi Academy Trust, and under the current framework no overall effectiveness grade is given. The quality of education is good, while behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision are outstanding. The report highlights an ambitious and expertly planned curriculum, excellent early years provision, strong support for pupils with SEND, a love of reading, exemplary behaviour, and exceptional wider development. Safeguarding is effective, staff morale is high, and the trust knows the school well. Parents are highly positive, attendance is strong, and pupils take meaningful responsibilities such as pupil ambassador and safeguarding leader roles. The main area for improvement is writing. Some pupils at the early stages of writing do not form letters correctly or punctuate sentences accurately, and more confident writers are not given enough opportunities to apply their writing skills independently. The school is asked to support pupils to write to the best of their abilities.

Strengths

• Highly inclusive culture where all pupils feel welcome and valued
• Outstanding behaviour and attitudes, with exemplary pupil maturity
• Exceptional personal development and wider opportunities
• Outstanding leadership and management, well supported by the trust
• Outstanding early years provision with strong curiosity and concentration
• Strong early identification and support for pupils with SEND
• Effective reading curriculum that develops a love of reading
• Ambitious and expertly planned curriculum across subjects
• Effective safeguarding arrangements
• High staff morale and well-managed workload
• Strong attendance and positive partnership with parents

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils at the early stages of writing do not form letters correctly or punctuate sentences accurately
• More confident writers are not provided with enough opportunities to apply writing skills independently

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 Park Hall Academy attended 96.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.4% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Park Hall 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 Park Hall Academy had 22.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.8% 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, 12.0% of pupils at Park Hall Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.4% 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 Park Hall Academy received £5,348 and spent £6,212 for each of its 445 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £803,000 (£1,804 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

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

• Weston Junior Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• Weston Infant Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• Abbey Hill Academy & College Stoke-On-Trent
• Belgrave St Bartholomew's Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• Meir Heath Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• Kingsland CofE Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• Stoke Minster CofE Primary Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• Priory CofE Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• Saint Nathaniel's Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• Knutton St Marys CofE Academy Newcastle Under Lyme

What is Park Hall Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Park Hall Academy is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Park Hall Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Park Hall Academy was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Park Hall Academy have?

Park Hall Academy has 460 pupils on roll.

What age range does Park Hall Academy cover?

Park Hall Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Park Hall Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Park Hall Academy?

Park Hall Academy is at Carberry Way, Weston Coyney, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 5QU.