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St Giles' Catholic Primary School

Primary · Stoke-on-Trent · ST10 1ED

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Good

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 13 March 2024

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At a glance

211 pupils · 100% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
13.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
9.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
3.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.st-giles.staffs.sch.uk
URN
138724

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 27 families named it first for 28 Reception places, 0.96 first choices per place. We hold 9 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2011 to 2025; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 13 March 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.96 first-choice applications per place

28 places offered · 27 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 2025 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2025 entry.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
81%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
22%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
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 school81%
Median of its 12 closest peers71.5%
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
Hutton All Saints' Church of England Primary SchoolBrentwood · 136 miles awayGood72%
St Ambrose Barlow Catholic Primary SchoolManchester · 40 miles awayGood73%
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolLittleborough · 46 miles awayGood71%
St Bartholomew's CofE Primary SchoolBolton · 45 miles awayGood63%
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, ThornburyBristol · 98 miles awayRequires improvement38%
St James Catholic Primary SchoolBirmingham · 41 miles awayOutstanding93%
St James-the-Less Roman Catholic Primary School, RawtenstallRossendale · 51 miles awayGood81%
Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary SchoolNewcastle · 10 miles awayGood69%
Ladymount Catholic Primary SchoolWirral · 52 miles awayGood67%
Gateford Park Primary SchoolWorksop · 43 miles awayGood (2016)62%
Jessie Younghusband Primary SchoolChichester · 156 miles awayGood75%
Hatfield Woodhouse Primary SchoolDoncaster · 58 miles awayGood79%

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%) · Any other White background 2% (Staffordshire 4%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Staffordshire 1%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Staffordshire 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Staffordshire 2%, England 3%) · 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)
3.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.6%
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
23.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

77% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 23% 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)

0% of teachers took sickness absence, 0 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 £48,356; 16.7% 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£5,930
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 8% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £71,000; in-year balance +£59,000

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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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher20%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications28.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work21.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways25.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health39.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier52.7%62.3%
Social housing20.9%17.1%
Privately rented26.3%20.5%
Detached houses26.3%22.9%
Flats22.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms10.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van29.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01029787 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£215,000380 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£175,000–£270,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (123)£295,000
Semi-detached (163)£205,000
Terraced (87)£150,000
Flat (7)£75,000

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

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
6an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
16an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an urban school averages 6.1

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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