Alexandra Junior School
Primary · Stoke-on-Trent · ST3 7JG
Data updated
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 9 September 2026 · report published 30 September 2026
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207 pupils · 86% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 7–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 62.3% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 83.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 17.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 5% of pupils (2024/2025)
- URN
- 143485
In figures
At its report-card inspection on 9 September 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Needs attention. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
56 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
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
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.
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.
- Speech, Language and Communication Needs
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Provision type: SEN unit.
- SEN unit
- 6 of 15 places taken places may be available
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)
Asian Pakistani 54% (Stoke-on-Trent 12%, England 5%) · Any other White background 19% (Stoke-on-Trent 5%, England 7%) · White British 9% (Stoke-on-Trent 57%, England 60%) · Black African 5% (Stoke-on-Trent 8%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Stoke-on-Trent 3%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 2% (Stoke-on-Trent 3%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Stoke-on-Trent 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Stoke-on-Trent 3%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Stoke-on-Trent 0%, England 1%) · 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)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
0.45 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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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →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
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
81% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% moved to another state school · 9% 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)
33.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.8 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 £49,209; 25% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (77%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £62,000; in-year balance +£34,000
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared
Inspection history since 2015
- 9 November 2022: Good
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 18.9% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 28.4% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 18.2% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 24% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 43.2% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 57.7% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 21.7% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 20.3% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 17.1% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 9.3% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 12.7% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 24.8% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01014322 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £160,000319 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £126,500–£205,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
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
- 1an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 12an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 1an 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