Woodcocks' Well CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Stoke-on-Trent, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.699 miles
Criterion 6 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Woodcocks' Well CofE Primary School is a primary school in Stoke-on-Trent, Cheshire East for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 10 July 2024. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Woodcocks' Well CofE 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 | 2.699 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026, under one of its admission criteria, lived 2.699 miles away, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years.
- For Reception 2026, there were 12 first-choice applications for 12 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families living outside Cheshire East.
- Ofsted rated the school Requires improvement on 10 July 2024; of the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire East, 6 are Good, 1 Outstanding and 1 Requires improvement.
- In 2024/25, 33% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd lowest 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
- Church Street, Mow Cop, Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 3NQ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 99 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 10 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “They value the very positive relationships they have with staff and their peers.”
- “Pupils understand the importance of keeping themselves safe, including online.”
To improve
- “That said, over time, they have not achieved as well as they should in national tests, although this is improving.”
- “That said, at times, there is a lack of rigour in how they challenge leaders.”
- “Over time, pupils have not achieved as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2026 (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) | 33% | 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: 12 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 12 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.
- Scholar Green Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Rode Heath Primary School 2.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Astbury St Mary's CofE Primary School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Excalibur Primary School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Mossley CofE Primary School 3.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Alsager Highfields Community Primary School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Smallwood CofE Primary School 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Marlfields Primary School 3.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published