Abbey Hulton Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Stoke-on-Trent·ST2 8BS
Composite score
26.0
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#13,919
National rank
#1486
In West Midlands
#64
In Stoke-on-Trent
Top 94%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
40%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
13 first choices, 22 places
First choices per place
0.59
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
23
any preference, for 22 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.36
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8020221.0020231.0020240.9520250.592026

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

Every child who put Abbey Hulton 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
207
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
69.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
18.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
21.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,618
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Abbey Hulton Primary School at a glance

Located in Stoke-on-Trent, Abbey Hulton Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 207 pupils aged 3 to 11. 40% 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 fallen by 8.0 percentage points compared with the previous 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 101 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Abbey Hulton Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 22 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.3%. There are about 18.2 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 70% 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. Abbey Hulton 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.

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