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Waterhouses CofE Primary Academy

Primary Ages 3-11 97 pupils Stoke-On-Trent

Waterhouses CofE Primary Academy is an academy converter in Stoke-On-Trent for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 97 pupils on roll. In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Pupils turn up more reliably than at almost any other primary school: they missed just 3% of sessions in 2024/25, against 5.2% nationally.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Church of England
Address Waterfall Lane
Waterhouses
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
ST10 3HY
Phone 01538308356
Reference Number 143622

General Makeup

Number of pupils 97
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 45.36%
Girls: 54.64%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 7.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 0%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 20

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 9 6 15
2 10 4 14
3 10 10 20
4 2 8 10
5 1 6 7
6 2 1 3

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 99%
White & Asian 1%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 17 Jun 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
17 Jun 2025 School inspection
08 Jan 2020 School inspection
06 Apr 2017 Academy conversion letter
03 Dec 2013 Full inspection:
Previously as Waterhouses CofE (VC) Primary School
12 Jan 2012 Full inspection:
26 Jun 2009 Full inspection:
10 May 2006 Full inspection:
29 Jun 2005 Inspection
19 Jan 2004 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 63%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 107
Maths 106

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -3.3
Writing -4.8
Maths -5.4

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 6 0
Third Preference 0 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Waterhouses CofE Primary Academy had 85 pupils for 140 places. 55 places (39.3%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Moorlands Rural Primary” planning area

Staffordshire counted 86 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 62 in 2029–30, down 28%.

20172018201920212022202320242025
Places 140140140140140140140140
Pupils 8694978283878085
Unfilled 38.6%32.9%30.7%41.4%40.7%37.9%42.9%39.3%

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 Waterhouses CofE Primary Academy attended 97.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 1.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.7%2.3%4.2%3.9%3.3%3.0%2.7%
Unauthorised absence 0.5%0.5%0.5%1.2%1.0%0.9%0.3%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%1.4%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 Waterhouses CofE Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.00.00.01.10.00.0
Permanent exclusions 00000000

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 Waterhouses CofE Primary Academy had 20.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 40.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 8.88.99.58.18.610.19.610.311.3
Teachers who left state teaching 28.3%39.2%0.0%19.6%24.4%37.7%0.0%20.4%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 25.0%50.0%–16.7%100.0%60.0%66.7%66.7%–
Sick days per teacher 0.54.8–0.313.017.93.410.2–

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, 17.5% of pupils at Waterhouses CofE Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Other difficulty or disability 10 0
No specialist assessment of need 5 0
Speech, language and communication needs 1 1
Moderate learning difficulty 1 0

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 Waterhouses CofE Primary Academy received £9,858 and spent £10,034 for each of its 84 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £73,000 (£873 per pupil).

Across all 12 schools of The Moorlands Primary Federation, income was £8,246 and spending £7,899 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £133,000£147,000£162,000£177,000£189,000£0£73,000
per pupil £1,431£1,613£1,995£2,295£2,200£0£873
In-year balance £41,000£24,000£27,000£43,000£50,000£44,000-£15,000
per pupil £437£268£334£558£580£536-£176

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
The Faber Catholic Primary School
Cotton Lane, Cotton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST10 3DN
3.22 miles
Ilam Church of England Primary School
Ilam, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, DE6 2AZ
3.47 miles
St Leonard's Church of England First School
Brookfields Road, Ipstones, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST10 2LY
3.53 miles
The Valley Primary School
School Drive, Oakamoor, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST10 3DQ
3.89 miles
St Werburgh's CE (A) Primary School
Holt Lane, Kingsley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST10 2BA
4.74 miles
Name Distance
Compass Community School Staffordshire
Wentworth House, Ellastone Road, Caulden Lowe, Staffordshire, ST10 3ER
1.79 miles
Evergreen
Greenhills Farm, Ipstones Edge, Ipstones, Staffordshire, ST10 2LP
2.35 miles
Parkgate Farm
Ipstones Edge, Ipstones, Stoke-On-Trent, ST10 2LR
2.5 miles

All schools in Stoke-On-Trent · Staffordshire local authority: places and applications

Waterhouses CofE Primary Academy is part of The Moorlands Primary Federation, which runs 14 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Waterhouses CofE Primary Academy have?

Waterhouses CofE Primary Academy has 97 pupils on roll.

What age range does Waterhouses CofE Primary Academy cover?

Waterhouses CofE Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Waterhouses CofE Primary Academy?

Waterhouses CofE Primary Academy is at Waterfall Lane, Waterhouses, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST10 3HY.

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