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St Filumena's Catholic Primary School

Primary · Stoke-on-Trent · ST11 9EA

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 1 October 2024

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At a glance

187 pupils · 89% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
7.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
4.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
6.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.st-filumenas.staffs.sch.uk/
URN
138723

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 28 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 0.93 first choices per place. We hold 4 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2011 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 1 October 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 2.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.93 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 28 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

28 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
96%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
21%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
111
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school96%
Median of its 12 closest peers72%
Staffordshire average66.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
The Minster CofE Primary SchoolWarminster · 123 miles awayGood77%
St Thomas' Catholic Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 4 miles awayOutstanding94%
Broughton Primary SchoolCockermouth · 129 miles awayGood72%
Risby Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolBury St Edmunds · 124 miles awayGood54%
Lilleshall Primary SchoolNewport · 22 miles awayOutstanding67%
Clarborough Primary SchoolRetford · 55 miles awayGood59%
Nutfield Church CofE Primary SchoolRedhill · 147 miles awayGood (2015)74%
John Blow Primary SchoolNewark · 56 miles awayGood70%
Bailiffe Bridge Junior and Infant SchoolBrighouse · 53 miles awayGood83%
Aldington Primary SchoolAshford · 183 miles awayGood58%
Ethelbert Road Primary SchoolFaversham · 170 miles awayGood79%
Broadheath CofE Primary SchoolWorcester · 54 miles awayNo current grade72%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 87% (Staffordshire 80%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 3% (Staffordshire 2%, England 4%) · Black African 3% (Staffordshire 2%, England 5%) · Any other White background 2% (Staffordshire 4%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Staffordshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Staffordshire 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Staffordshire 2%, England 2%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
2.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
3.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Staffordshire: 1.97 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
19.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

88% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 12% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

30% of teachers took sickness absence, 9 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £47,963; 33.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£5,709
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £84,000; in-year balance +£63,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher28.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications23%18.1%
In managerial or professional work30.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health43.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier84.5%62.3%
Social housing4.9%17.1%
Privately rented10.7%20.5%
Detached houses48.9%22.9%
Flats2.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms25.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van7.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01029778 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£262,50050 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£211,000–£300,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (22)£300,000
Semi-detached (20)£215,000
Terraced (8)£182,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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