Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire·ST8 6LW
Composite score
83.1
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National rank
#39
In West Midlands
#10
In Staffordshire
Top 4%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
83%
% achieving higher RWM
25%
Reading average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
7 first choices, 7 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
12
any preference, for 7 places
Applications from another council area
33%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0620221.0020231.0020241.0020251.002026

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

Every child who put Our Lady of Grace Catholic 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
104
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
46.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
7.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
6.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,385
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy

Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy is a primary school in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 104 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 83% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 30.0 percentage points year on year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 4% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 110 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 25% 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 Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy their first choice was offered one of its 7 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.4%. There are about 16.7 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 46% 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. Our Lady of Grace Catholic 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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