Hillside Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Stoke-on-Trent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.666 miles
Published by Stoke-on-Trent City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hillside Primary School is a primary school in Stoke-on-Trent for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 March 2023. Stoke-on-Trent and the school have published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Hillside 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 | 2.666 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 Reception, the last child offered a place lived 2.666 miles away, the 16th longest of 67 Stoke-on-Trent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception last distance in 2026 was further than in 2025 and in 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- In 2026 Reception, there were 26 first-choice applications for 28 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Stoke-on-Trent.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Stoke-on-Trent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Field Avenue, Baddeley Green, Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 7AS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Pupils on roll
- 224 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be part of Hillside Primary School.”
- “They are friendly and welcoming and make the school a happy place to learn.”
- “Pupils and staff get on well together.”
To improve
- “However, in some foundation subjects leaders have not always ensured that assessment identifies the small steps pupils should take to be successful, so pupils do not always progress as well as they might.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 June 2023 (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) | 77% | 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: 26 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 26 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 Stoke-on-Trent.
- Milton Primary Academy 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Greenways Primary Academy 0.6 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Carmountside Primary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Norton-Le-Moors Primary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Holden Lane Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Marys Catholic Academy 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Smallthorne Primary Academy 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- New Ford Academy 1.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published