St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School
Primary · Stoke-on-Trent · ST3 2RH
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 6 May 2021
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239 pupils · 69% of 345 capacity
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 49.8% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 41.1% of pupils
- SEN support
- 14.3% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 2.6% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 124227
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.86 first-choice applications per place21 places offered · 18 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
42 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% moved to another state school
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 1 October 2024: Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
- 22 March 2022: Requires improvement
- 5 May 2021: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.