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St Peter's Catholic Academy

Primary · Stoke-on-Trent · ST6 3HL

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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 15 October 2024

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At a glance

238 pupils · 113% of 210 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
52.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
67.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
20.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.stpetersnewman.co.uk/
URN
140150

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 30 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1.063 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 2 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2025 to 2026. At its inspection on 15 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 4.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 30 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. Places by distance, last offered at 1.063 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.063 miles

measured in a straight line.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
53%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
101
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
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 school53%
Median of its 12 closest peers61%
Stoke-on-Trent average61.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Hawley Primary SchoolLondon · 135 miles awayGood41%
Firs Primary SchoolBirmingham · 40 miles awayNeeds attention48%
Spon Gate Primary SchoolCoventry · 52 miles awayGood46%
Woodlands Primary SchoolBirkenhead · 42 miles awayNeeds attention53%
St James' Church of England Aided Junior SchoolDerby · 31 miles awayGood46%
Beulah Junior SchoolThornton Heath · 143 miles awayRequires improvement59%
Stratford Manor Primary School & NurseryLondon · 139 miles awayGood73%
West Park Primary SchoolWolverhampton · 31 miles awayGood76%
Pilgrims' Way Primary SchoolLondon · 140 miles awayNo current grade66%
Mount Pellon Primary AcademyHalifax · 49 miles awayGood63%
St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, HandsworthBirmingham · 39 miles awayOutstanding77%
Meridian Angel Primary SchoolEdmonton · 134 miles awayGood72%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Pakistani 38% (Stoke-on-Trent 12%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 14% (Stoke-on-Trent 1%, England 2%) · Black African 13% (Stoke-on-Trent 8%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 10% (Stoke-on-Trent 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 6% (Stoke-on-Trent 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 5% (Stoke-on-Trent 5%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Stoke-on-Trent 3%, England 3%) · White British 4% (Stoke-on-Trent 57%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 2% (Stoke-on-Trent 3%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Stoke-on-Trent 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Stoke-on-Trent 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Stoke-on-Trent 1%, England 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)
4.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.50 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Stoke-on-Trent: 1.94 suspensions and 0.02 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
23.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

68% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 24% moved to another state school · 8% 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)

28.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.5 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 £42,867; 25% 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£6,887
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 9% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (2%) · catering 7% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £106,000; in-year balance +£106,000

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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)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher21.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications30.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work13.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways25.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health44.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier38.7%62.3%
Social housing16.8%17.1%
Privately rented44.1%20.5%
Detached houses8.8%22.9%
Flats8.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms7.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van39.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01014254 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£94,000182 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£70,000–£141,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (6)£223,500
Semi-detached (35)£166,000
Terraced (132)£88,000
Flat (9)£95,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.71 km, 2026 entry): 763 sales, median £114,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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
4an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
7an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
37an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
5an 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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