Etruscan Primary School

Etruscan Primary School is a caring, inclusive school at the heart of its community. This was its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and its first section 5 inspection; it is part of Orchard Community Trust and has had a new headteacher since September 2023. Pupils are polite, welcoming and positive about learning, feel safe and happy, and benefit from strong pastoral support. Behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision are all strong, and safeguarding is effective. However, the quality of education requires improvement. The school has overhauled its curriculum so that it is ambitious and well planned, and reading and early years provision are particular strengths. Personal development is thorough, attendance strategies have worked well, and staff and governors are supportive of the school’s direction. The main concerns are that the curriculum is not consistently delivered in some subjects, assessment checks do not always show what pupils have remembered, and provision for some pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is not adapted well enough. As a result, some pupils, including some with SEND, do not achieve as well as they should.

Strengths

• Caring and inclusive school at the heart of its community
• Pupils are polite, welcoming and have highly positive attitudes to learning
• Pupils feel safe and happy and have positive relationships with adults
• Ambitious curriculum has been overhauled and is planned to build knowledge over time
• Reading is prioritised and phonics is delivered consistently well
• Early years staff focus sharply on vocabulary and have improved the learning environment
• Personal development programme is thorough and well planned
• Highly effective pastoral support for pupils and families
• Attendance strategies have been successful and many pupils’ attendance has improved
• Staff feel valued and are proud to work at the school
• Local governors know the school well and provide appropriate support and challenge
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• Quality of education requires improvement
• Curriculum is not consistently implemented across some subjects
• Subject leaders lack monitoring and evaluation training and opportunities in some subjects
• Assessment checks in some subjects do not accurately identify what pupils have remembered
• Curriculum is not adapted well enough for some pupils with SEND
• Some pupils with SEND do not learn as well as they should
• Staff do not always have the information and training needed to support all pupils with SEND

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 Etruscan Primary School attended 92.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 24.4% 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, 2.4% of pupils at Etruscan Primary School 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 Etruscan Primary School had 23.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.9% 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, 12.6% of pupils at Etruscan Primary School 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 Etruscan Primary School received £6,815 and spent £7,069 for each of its 459 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £79,000 (£171 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Orchard Community Trust, income was £9,998 and spending £10,363 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

Etruscan Primary School is part of Orchard Community Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• St Mark's CofE Primary School Stoke-On-Trent
• Forest Park Primary School Stoke-On-Trent
• Abbey Hulton Primary School Stoke-On-Trent
• Oakhill Primary School Stoke-On-Trent
• Watermill School Stoke-On-Trent
• Kemball School Stoke-On-Trent

What is Etruscan Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Etruscan Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in October 2024.

When was Etruscan Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Etruscan Primary School was last inspected in October 2024.

How many pupils does Etruscan Primary School have?

Etruscan Primary School has 443 pupils on roll.

What age range does Etruscan Primary School cover?

Etruscan Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Etruscan Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 30% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Etruscan Primary School?

Etruscan Primary School is at DUNDEE ROAD, ETRURIA, STOKE-ON-TRENT, STAFFORDSHIRE, ST1 4BS.