Goldenhill Primary Academy

Goldenhill Primary Academy has demonstrated a commendable overall performance, achieving a 'Good' rating in several key areas along with 'Outstanding' ratings in personal development and early years provision. The school fosters a supportive and caring environment where pupils feel safe and are encouraged to excel academically and socially. Notably, the curriculum is broad and ambitious, effectively prioritizing reading, writing, and mathematics, while also emphasizing personal development and community involvement. This is the school's first inspection since becoming an academy and marks a significant evaluation of its recent progress since 2020.

Strengths

• Strong emphasis on reading from early years.
• Pupils enjoy learning and show high levels of engagement.
• Excellent support for pupils with SEND.
• Robust personal development program fostering diversity and social responsibility.
• High levels of pupil behaviour and conduct.
• Effective leadership and management within the trust context.

Areas for Improvement

• Recent changes in teaching approaches are still being refined.
• Learning activities not always adapted to meet all pupils' needs.
• Some tasks focus too much on factual recall rather than application of knowledge.

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 Goldenhill Primary Academy attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.4% 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, 1.8% of pupils at Goldenhill 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 Goldenhill Primary Academy had 20.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 25.2% 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, 17.1% of pupils at Goldenhill Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.9% 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 Goldenhill Primary Academy received £7,272 and spent £7,075 for each of its 227 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £42,000 (-£184 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 Stoke-On-Trent · Stoke-on-Trent local authority: places and applications

Goldenhill 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
• Ball Green Primary Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• Ellison Primary Academy Newcastle
• Alsagers Bank 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 Goldenhill Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Goldenhill Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Goldenhill Primary Academy was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Goldenhill Primary Academy have?

Goldenhill Primary Academy has 216 pupils on roll.

What age range does Goldenhill Primary Academy cover?

Goldenhill Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Goldenhill Primary Academy?

Goldenhill Primary Academy is at Broadfield Road, Goldenhill, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 4QE.