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St Leonard's Church of England First School

Primary · Stoke-on-Trent · ST10 2LY

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 27 September 2022

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At a glance

40 pupils · 45% of 89 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–9
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
7.5% of pupils (January 2026)
Website
www.stleonardsfirstschoolipstones.com
URN
151578

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 9 families named it first for 9 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 2 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2011 to 2013; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 27 September 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 2.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

9 places offered · 9 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2013 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2013 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 98% (Staffordshire 80%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Staffordshire 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)
2.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
0%
England 17.5%

Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
10.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,006; 25% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher32.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work32.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health45%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier87.3%62.3%
Social housing2.6%17.1%
Privately rented10%20.5%
Detached houses62.8%22.9%
Flats2.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms30.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01029803 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£265,00029 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£210,000–£365,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (18)£355,000
Terraced (7)£170,000

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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