Rode Heath Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Stoke-on-Trent, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.96 miles
Distance · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Rode Heath Primary School is a primary school in Stoke-on-Trent, Cheshire East for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 12 March 2024. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Rode Heath Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.96 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 had 34 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families and 4 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.96 miles away, the 57th shortest of 118 Cheshire East primary schools with a published last distance (middle 2.15 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2024, and it swung sharply between some years.
- In 2024/25, 84% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire East.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Cheshire East schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Heath Avenue, Rode Heath, Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 3RY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 245 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 28.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 12 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are extremely happy in school.”
- “They never want to miss a day.”
- “This contributes to their high rates of attendance.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 84% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 34 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Cheshire East.
- Alsager Highfields Community Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Pikemere School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Scholar Green Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Excalibur Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School 1.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Smallwood CofE Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cranberry Academy 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodcocks' Well CofE Primary School 2.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published