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Kingsland CofE Academy

Primary · Stoke-on-Trent · ST2 9AS

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 24 March 2026 · report published 7 June 2026

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At a glance

477 pupils · 92% of 519 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
42.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
10.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
19.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.kingslandceacademy.co.uk/
URN
142640

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 51 families named it first for 57 Reception places, 0.89 first choices per place. We hold 2 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2025 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 24 March 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.89 first-choice applications per place

57 places offered · 51 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.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Criterion D
1.379 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
62%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
2%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
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 school62%
Median of its 12 closest peers54.5%
Stoke-on-Trent average61.6%
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
Valentine Primary School & NurserySouthampton · 151 miles awayGood41%
Barncroft Primary SchoolHavant · 157 miles awayGood57%
Rainbow Forge Primary AcademySheffield · 39 miles awayGood45%
Beaver Green Primary SchoolAshford · 182 miles awayGood63%
Springwell Park Community Primary SchoolBootle · 46 miles awayGood29%
Bentley High Street Primary SchoolDoncaster · 54 miles awayOutstanding78%
Edenbridge Primary SchoolEdenbridge · 157 miles awayGood72%
West Croft SchoolBideford · 165 miles awayUrgent improvement38%
Woodland Community Primary SchoolHeywood · 39 miles awayNo current grade54%
John Bunyan Primary School and NurseryBraintree · 138 miles awayGood55%
St Mark's CofE Primary SchoolBrierley Hill · 36 miles awayGood64%
Parkhead Community Primary SchoolBlaydon-on-Tyne · 134 miles awayGood40%

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: SEN unit.

SEN unit
22 of 15 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 76% (Stoke-on-Trent 57%, England 60%) · Black African 6% (Stoke-on-Trent 8%, England 5%) · Any other White background 4% (Stoke-on-Trent 5%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Stoke-on-Trent 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Stoke-on-Trent 3%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Stoke-on-Trent 12%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 2% (Stoke-on-Trent 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Stoke-on-Trent 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Stoke-on-Trent 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Stoke-on-Trent 1%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Stoke-on-Trent 3%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Stoke-on-Trent 0%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Stoke-on-Trent 2%, England 3%)

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)
7.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
22.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.81 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
22.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 11% 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)

45% of teachers took sickness absence, 11.3 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 £52,315; 22.7% 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£7,459
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 65% (77%) · premises 14% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (2%) · catering 7% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£42,000; in-year balance +£41,000

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher20.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications23.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work25.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways15%18.1%
Residents in very good health41.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier86.3%62.3%
Social housing2.4%17.1%
Privately rented11.3%20.5%
Detached houses29.1%22.9%
Flats1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms9.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van17.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01014225 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£152,500245 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£120,000–£187,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (42)£220,500
Semi-detached (146)£152,000
Terraced (56)£114,000

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

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
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
17an 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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