St Saviour's CofE Academy

St Saviour's CofE Academy demonstrates a generally positive performance, with a strong focus on safeguarding and creating a safe environment for pupils. The school has made commendable strides in curricula delivery, particularly in phonics and early years education, laying strong foundations for learning. However, concerns persist regarding mathematics achievement, particularly for Year 6 pupils, which has struggled to meet national standards. Attendance rates also require improvement, especially for non-disadvantaged pupils, as some miss valuable learning opportunities.

Strengths

• Strong safeguarding culture ensuring pupils feel safe.
• Well-sequenced curriculum that supports foundational learning.
• Effective adaptation of lessons to support vulnerable pupils.
• Engagement with parents and carers to enhance children's learning.
• Positive behaviour environment with rare incidents of bullying.
• Commitment to personal development and wellbeing of pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Mathematics achievement in Year 6 remains low historically.
• Inconsistent focus on developing pupils' reasoning skills in mathematics.
• Attendance rates are low, particularly for non-disadvantaged pupils.
• Handwriting skills are not consistently well developed across the school.

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 St Saviour's CofE Academy attended 94.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.9% 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 St Saviour's CofE 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 St Saviour's CofE Academy had 16.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.7% 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, 11.7% of pupils at St Saviour's CofE Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% 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 St Saviour's CofE Academy received £7,062 and spent £7,480 for each of its 175 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £147,000 (£838 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 · Staffordshire local authority: places and applications

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

• Cranberry Academy Alsager
• Saint Nathaniel's Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• Knutton St Marys CofE Academy Newcastle Under Lyme
• St John's CofE Primary Academy Newcastle
• Offley Primary Academy Sandbach
• Kingsland CofE Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• Stoke Minster CofE Primary Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• Hungerford Primary Academy Crewe
• St Michael's Community Academy Crewe
• Priory CofE Academy Stoke-On-Trent

What is St Saviour's CofE Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Saviour's CofE Academy is Needs attention, from an inspection in April 2026.

When was St Saviour's CofE Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

St Saviour's CofE Academy was last inspected in April 2026.

How many pupils does St Saviour's CofE Academy have?

St Saviour's CofE Academy has 162 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Saviour's CofE Academy cover?

St Saviour's CofE Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Saviour's CofE Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 35% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Saviour's CofE Academy?

St Saviour's CofE Academy is at Congleton Road, Talke, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST7 1LW.