The Crescent Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Stoke-on-Trent·ST3 6HZ
Composite score
56.1
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#5,106
National rank
#498
In West Midlands
#17
In Stoke-on-Trent
Top 35%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
72%
% achieving higher RWM
8%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
75 first choices, 79 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
90
any preference, for 79 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8220220.9120230.9820240.9820250.952026

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

Every child who put The Crescent Academy 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
697
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
65.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
11.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,135
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About The Crescent Academy

The Crescent Academy is a primary school in Stoke-on-Trent, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 697 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 72% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 2.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 35% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 8% 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 The Crescent Academy their first choice was offered one of its 79 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 23.2 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 65% 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. The Crescent Academy 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.

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