Sandford Hill Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Stoke-on-Trent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.642 miles
Published by Stoke-on-Trent City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sandford Hill 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 10 October 2023. Stoke-on-Trent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Sandford Hill 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 | 1.642 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, there were 43 first-choice applications for 53 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.642 miles away, the 28th longest of 67 Stoke-on-Trent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025.
- In 2024/25, 68% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th lowest 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
- Clayfield Grove, Sandford Hill, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 5AQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Pupils on roll
- 430 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 10 October 2023
Strengths
- “This is a school where pupils are at the heart of every decision.”
- “Everyone works together to support pupils to be ‘thoughtful, respectful and hard working’.”
- “The school wants the very best for all pupils.”
To improve
- “The school has identified that aspects of writing and the reasoning element of the mathematics curriculum need to be improved.”
- “However, their knowledge of different faiths and cultures is less developed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 November 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) | 68% | 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: 43 first-preference applications, 53 offers in total, 43 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.
- Co-op Academy Clarice Cliff 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Gladstone Primary Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Maple Court Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Glebe 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Gregory's Catholic Academy 1.2 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St Maria Goretti Catholic Academy 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Park Hall Academy 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published