St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Stoke-on-Trent·ST3 2RH
Composite score
29.2
Compare St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School with another school
#13,479
National rank
#1443
In West Midlands
#61
In Stoke-on-Trent
Top 91%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
36%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
99.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

Legacy framework · Read full report ↗

Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Requires improvement

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
18 first choices, 21 places
First choices per place
0.86
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
33
any preference, for 21 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.7820231.0020240.9120250.862026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
265
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
55.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
41.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
32.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,823
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Location

St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School at a glance

Located in Stoke-on-Trent, St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 265 pupils aged 3 to 11. 36% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 5.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 99 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 21 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 8.0%. There are about 24.5 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 55% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

Compare St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School with another school