Goldenhill Primary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Stoke-on-Trent·ST6 4QE
Composite score
71.8
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#1,540
National rank
#123
In West Midlands
#3
In Stoke-on-Trent
Top 10%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
80%
% achieving higher RWM
17%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
28 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
41
any preference, for 28 places
Applications from another council area
17%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0320221.0020230.9620241.0020251.002026

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

Every child who put Goldenhill Primary 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
227
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
37.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
14.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,172
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Goldenhill Primary Academy at a glance

Located in Stoke-on-Trent, Goldenhill Primary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 227 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 80% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That is down 10.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 10% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 17% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Goldenhill Primary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 28 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.0%. There are about 20.5 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 37% 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. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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